ROFL... didnt see that one coming
On 12/14/2016 08:52 PM, That One Guy /sarcasm wrote:
harsh lewis
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016 at 4:55 PM, Lewis Bergman
<lewis.berg...@gmail.com <mailto:lewis.berg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Having done this before in less severe circumstances I wouldn't do
it again. I think if you could run over there, stack equipment,
sign a one year upstream circuit to make it quicker setup, then
advertise you would be way ahead.
My acquisition was a huge distraction from my internal growth.
If you buy them their customers won't give a damn about be
grateful. They will golf you responsible add if you ate the one
that drove them under in the first place. Either run away or stomp
them out of existence. Don't buy their troubles.
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 4:20 PM Lewis Bergman
<lewis.berg...@gmail.com <mailto:lewis.berg...@gmail.com>> wrote:
Agreed
On Wed, Dec 14, 2016, 2:03 PM Eric Kuhnke
<eric.kuh...@gmail.com <mailto: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
<mailto: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.
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