Personally?  Probably never.  If you have competition then HELL no.  I
would strongly advise you look at your contracts to see if you can do that
without getting sued.

Look at it this way.  You can a) spend $5k/mo on repairs or b) spend $15k
once to prevent the monthly repair bills.


Josh Luthman
Office: 937-552-2340
Direct: 937-552-2343
1100 Wayne St
Suite 1337
Troy, OH 45373

On Tue, Apr 5, 2016 at 12:14 PM, Paul McCall <[email protected]> wrote:

> I was discussing the massive tower upgrade/retrofits that we are doing
> with my V.P. right hand man.   We are converting from 24vdc to 48vdc, fiber
> and DC up the tower, additional grounding at the tower, additional
> grounding at the service panel, adding panel surge protectors and adding a
> circuit surge protector at our equipment…. All in the interest of reducing
> a lightning surge damage.  Completely redoing the box and going with
> EdgePoint S16s up the tower.   All this equals lots of $$ going out the
> door.
>
>
>
> I was discussing the approach that we might take in discussing this with
> the property owners where we have put up towers.  Panel protectors will
> certainly benefit the customers property as well as the Florida storms
> aren’t kind, sometimes blowing out expensive appliances in their homes,
> etc.   So, was thinking of asking for some kind of contribution to help
> just a little.  That will probably be received OK.
>
>
>
> So, my V.P. asked if the “crowd” (you guys) has ever done any “special
> assessment” to customers (one time additional fee) as a contribution
> towards better reliability.   Not sure how that will be received, but it’s
> an interesting concept and every little bit would help against the big bill.
>
>
>
> Anybody done something like this, involving existing customers.
>
>
>
> Paul
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