run away.... If they're down hard and not coming back up, their customers are angry and frustrated and disappointed, so serious reputation damage has been done to their brand name.
Any money you might spend acquiring their network or customers would be better spent, in my opinion, letting them fail utterly and then doing targeted marketing (with your own, un-sullied brand name) of a new build network in their previous service area. On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 11:58 AM, CBB - Jay Fuller < [email protected]> wrote: > > So there is a WISP near us who we recently started coordinating with on > frequencies, etc. > > Last Friday, the reached out and asked if we'd like to buy them. > > Then later that day they stated they were in a contract negotiation with > their bandwidth provider and didn't see a solution. > > Over the weekend I spoke with someone else who had been affiliated with > this company and basically their NOC has been > repossessed by the bank. > > Monday they reached out and asked if we might sell them bandwidth. I told > them we'd discuss it internally. > > Today I see on their facebook page their fiber is down - so this is day > one of their going away, I'd assume. > > There is likely no time left for vetting or due diligence on reviewing > this ISP for purchase so at this point it is likely a long shot. > > My question - I assume you would all advise run run run as fast as you can. > > From the time a WISP loses their bandwidth (and thus can't provide > service) what is the rate of customer exodus? > If we came to an agreement and resumed services say - just in time for > Christmas - what percentage would you all guess > the customer base would have departed? > > I am told they have 250 + or - > > I don't know if they're in an area where they are losing to the incumbent > phone provider or cable provider. > (I know they are in centurylink territory) > > I know our closest tower to them is 18 miles - but they're probably six > hops from our head end. > > Merry Christmas. :) > > Thanks in advance. > > >
