Hi,
All of the towers I lease space from are on a "first come, first serve"
frequency agreement. As an example, we just happened to get on a new
tower two weeks before Nortel showed up. They were installing a 5.8ghz
point to point link to go 10 mile to their next tower, but they stepped
right on us. A quick call to the tower company and 5 minutes later
Nortel was calling me to find out what channel(s) we were using. I guess
I always assumed that was a "normal" tower agreement?
On the smaller, privately owned towers, we specify that we have
exclusive use of 900-930mhz, 2.400-2.460ghz, and 5.200-5.900ghz. ;)
Travis
Microserv
Tom DeReggi wrote:
The bigger problem is not costs. Its understandable that the spot goes
to the higher bidder. The problem is the understanding of how to lease
tower space when its for unlicensed spectrum apposed to licensed
spectrum. The tower guys dominently license to license spectrum
holders. To teach them what WISPs needs for use of Unlicensed on the
tower, is a long educational process to the tower managers. In
Unlicensed you need more than just the channel you are broadcasting
on, to maintain future reliabilty and growth.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
----- Original Message ----- From: "Travis Johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, October 08, 2006 12:43 AM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crown Castle / Global signal
Hi,
The problem is that cell carriers (at least in my area) pay $500 -
$2,000 per month to be on a tower... the same towers that I pay $100
- $250 per month. If you owned the towers, which customer would _you_
rather have? :(
Travis
Microserv
D. Ryan Spott wrote:
It seems we (people on this list) are always easily dismissed by
large tower owners. These dismissals are often in the form of
"here, pay this $$$$$! fee up front to deal with us" or "who are
you again?" or my favorite and one that was told to me by an
American Tower Rep: "we don't deal with WISPs unless they are named
Clearwire."
Is WISPA (or Part-15 for that matter) doing anything to negotiate
standard or discount leases with these tower owners?
I am not a member of either organization but this sort of thing
would definitely make me want to join up in a hurry. I also think
that if tower owners were faced with an organized group of people
they might cut though some of the BS we face when working out leases.
Just a suggestion,
ryan
On Oct 7, 2006, at 9:06 PM, Blake Bowers wrote:
Exactly. Crown is a nightmare if you are not a carrier, and
they are doing the assimiliation.
Smaller tower owners will continue to cater to the smaller
companies, the WISPS, and continue to gain their business.
----- Original Message ----- From: "Tom DeReggi"
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Sent: Saturday, October 07, 2006 8:07 PM
Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crown Castle / Global signal
How do you figure? Crown Castle is a nightmare to work with, and
Global Signal has worked well with WISPS. I hope Crown Castle
takes Global Signal's good sense with the purchase.
Tom DeReggi
RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc
IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband
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