Agreed On Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 2:03 PM Eric Kuhnke <eric.kuh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> 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 < > par...@cyberbroadband.net> 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. > > > > >
