8000/mo would be very high even for a rooftop site with extensive use of risers, on top of the tallest Class A office building in a city of 3-4 million. Such as the Columbia Seafirst tower in Seattle.
> On March 26, 2015 at 5:25 PM James Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > > > I think Sean read that wrong. $8000 was annual, not monthly. It would be $650 > + monthly. Still takes 13 just to cover their rent before you start to even > cover your other costs. > > > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Tim Reichhart > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 4:22 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] avg rent for village/city water tower > > > > Sean > > The village is only around 2900 and I am thinking maybe 40-50 or more > potential subs from this location. > > > > Tim > > > > From: Af [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sean Heskett > Sent: Thursday, March 26, 2015 5:17 PM > To: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AFMUG] avg rent for village/city water tower > > > > at $50/mo per subscriber (average internet price, or whatever your average > ARPU is) means you would need to have 160 subscribers just to pay the rent. > > > > how big is the town, and how many potential subs can this water tower gain > you? > > > > once you show them those numbers they will usually have an "ah ha" moment and > realize that it's just not practical. > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 26, 2015 at 2:27 PM, Tim Reichhart <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]> > wrote: > > Guys > > This is for the people who is renting space on village/city water tower whats > your avg rent or what did you guys agreed on rent? Because I have one village > is trying sucker punch me into saying that I should give them 8-15k per year > to rent space on there water tower and where they are getting this quote is > because centurylink is paying them 15k per year for “ renting a small fiber > optic cable facility to Century Link for $8000 annually” > > Which I feel that quote is unfair for an small wisp like me. I have explain > to them that I am an small WISP and I am not like centurylink or any telephone > company. Then they turn around emailed me again saying they just got an letter > from an cell phone company wanting to rent space on there water tower. They > also told me they are getting ready to install water smart meter and they will > be placing antenna’s on there. Sounds like to me the village is trying some > tricky crap to make me offer more money then what I offered to them. > > > > So I like you guys input into this. > > > > Tim > > > > > --------------------------------------------- > > Total Control Panel > > Login <https://asp.reflexion.net/login?domain=litewire.net> > > To: [email protected] > <https://asp.reflexion.net/address-properties?aID=242260993&domain=litewire.net> > > From: > 0000014c57f62089-1fc4edc4-2052-4687-b9cd-c6049d3ae592-000...@amazonses.com > <https://asp.reflexion.net/address-properties?aID=3166674650&domain=litewire.net> > > Remove > <https://asp.reflexion.net/FooterAction?ver=2&un-wl-sender-domain=1&rID=242260993&aID=3166674650&domain=litewire.net> > amazonses.com from my allow list > > You received this message because the domain amazonses.com is on your allow > list. > > >
