Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-17 Thread Marlon K. Schafer
The range can be quite high. If he's counting labor maybe, otherwise that seems like a lot. marlon - Original Message - From: MDK rea...@muddyfrogwater.us To: WISPA General List wireless@wispa.org Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:08 AM Subject: [WISPA] This comes up again and again

Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-16 Thread Chuck Profito
Well at $49.95 monthly your ROI is 10monthswill he finance out of income? -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of MDK Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 11:09 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: [WISPA] This comes up again

Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-16 Thread Josh Luthman
If you're buying the customers what you should look at is the revenue. At $41.67/mo/customer (or $500/customer) buyout seems very steep. If he's looking to get out and has no other options I am certain you can lower that price. Also express that a network of Ubnt, lots of private IPs, and a

Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-16 Thread Josh Luthman
At 50/mo an ROI of 10 months you would need 90%+ profit. If the current owner is getting that I don't think he'd be wanting out. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources. ---

Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-16 Thread Blair Davis
assuming a monthly of $40 or so it doesn't seem out of line... A good starting point, IMHO is 1x yearly revenue. MDK wrote: There's a guy started a small network in an area I serve, but quite distant from me, and he's wanting to get out. He offered to sell me his customers and his

Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-16 Thread Chuck Bartosch
10 months only if the $49.95 is pure profit. Presumably the ROI is really more like 40 months assuming you keep the customer for that long. That or I'm having a brain melt-down and confusing something. There was just recently (in the past week or so) a long discussion of valuations on the

Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-16 Thread Mike Hammett
$500/customer doesn't seem that bad. Someone tried to get me to pay $1500/customer for a network that needed a lot of work. - Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -- From: MDK rea...@muddyfrogwater.us Sent:

Re: [WISPA] This comes up again and again - value of network

2009-12-16 Thread Robert West
If he's a small network you could probably install in the same area for your 100 bucks per. He wants out anyhow. -Original Message- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Chuck Profito Sent: Wednesday, December 16, 2009 2:20 PM To: 'WISPA