do they have an agreement with AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, T-mobile, Dish, DirectTV, Hughesnet etc etc?
If not then tell them that if they require one for you they are opening up themselves for litigation for unfair practices. and as soon as they sign agreements with all those companies you'll glad sign one too. Also tell them the town next door is excited to have your services brought to their town to encourage competition and if this town puts up a stink you will simply invest somewhere else and leave them in the dark. you could also work the other side of the equation and get cozy with the town council/mayor/chamber president and let them know the economic development they'd be loosing. they don't have a leg to stand on, you just need to find the right strategy. since you are wanting to use their facilities you will need to play the nice card which can be difficult. good luck! -sean On Tue, Nov 10, 2015 at 11:08 AM, Jeremy <[email protected]> wrote: > I found a law on the books that says any company selling telecommunication > services within the city must have a franchise license with the city. None > of my competitors have ever done this. I thought it must just be on the > books from a time when all telecom was ran in the ROW, and therefore it > would make sense. > > Against my better judgement, I contacted the city about leasing space at a > few of their properties. Now, they want a franchise agreement for me to > even offer service within the city at all. I have not had a chance to view > this agreement yet. How does this make sense? Is a franchise agreement a > profit sharing type of scenario? Does anyone have a franchise agreement > with their city to provide wireless service? What does the agreement > usually entail? > > Would it make sense to just cease operations within city limits and then > get all of the customers that want service to sign a petition? Is this > worth fighting them over? You don't see McDonalds or WalMart signing > franchise agreements with the city, why would any private entity have to > have an agreement with the city to do business? Is this standard practice? >
