$25 for a radio for $10 in gas to pick it up, $10 dealing with the customer, $10 in caulk/silicon, $10 hearing them complain about nothing, $10 in labor costs, $1000 in lost revenue because you wasted time picking up a $25 radio instead of hooking up a new customer
On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 10:01 AM David Hannum <[email protected]> wrote: > Like Adam, we keep tabs of where the gear is and when we are in the area, > we swing by and pick it up. But not sure why you'd not want to rescue good > radios. Folks like Wireless Units and Surplus Wireless will purchase it > off you, so don't just arbitrarily abandon it. $25 (or whatever they give > you) for a used SM is at least something for it. > > Dave > > On Tue, Nov 19, 2024 at 8:26 AM Adam Moffett <[email protected]> wrote: > >> About the same. We kept a running list of "pickups" and it would be >> filler work for the field people. They'd remove the antenna and maybe the >> cable, but never worried about the POE. >> We usually got to them pretty quick because we left empty spaces in the >> schedule for service calls, and if there were no service calls we'd go do >> pickups. >> >> On Mon, Nov 18, 2024 at 12:30 PM Jim Bouse [Brazos WiFi] < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> We say: "we will grab it the next time we are in the area". >>> >>> No special trip. >>> >>> Jim >>> >>> >>> >>> Sent via the Samsung Galaxy S22+ 5G, an AT&T 5G smartphone >>> >>> >>> >>> -------- Original message -------- >>> From: Ken Hohhof <[email protected]> >>> Date: 11/18/24 11:16 AM (GMT-06:00) >>> To: 'AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group' <[email protected]> >>> Subject: [AFMUG] removal of WISP equipment >>> >>> We are starting to run into cases where customers cancel (most commonly >>> to get T-Mobile Home Internet) and while the CPE is still perfectly >>> functional we would not redeploy it. Like a Cambium 450 SM with a >>> reflector dish (as opposed to a 450b). So we don’t want it back, and don’t >>> want to send a tech out to remove it. >>> >>> >>> >>> Sometimes customers insist they want us to take it off their house. Is >>> there some legal obligation for us to do this? I think if you discontinue >>> DISH or DirecTV and want the sat dish taken down, they don’t come do it >>> (unless maybe you pay to have it done). >>> -- >>> AF mailing list >>> [email protected] >>> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >>> >> -- >> AF mailing list >> [email protected] >> http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >> > -- > AF mailing list > [email protected] > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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