Sometimes putting up your own tower isn't an option for a variety of reasons. However, I agree the idea of "hanging" a client of ours off of somebody else's system doesn't give me the warm and fuzzies either for obvious reasons.
Sometimes it's best to just refer the potential client to the ISP that can best service them. We have done this countless times both directions and often there is a referral fee paid if the lead pans out. Best, Brad -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Travis Johnson Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 10:16 PM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISP Peering Why wouldn't you just put up your own AP's and service the same area rather than give that customer away to the competition? I would spend $5k and put up my own tower before I turn a "potential" customer away to the competition. I've done it many times over the years and it has always paid off. Once one person is connected, they tell their neighbors about it. Pretty soon an AP that was put up for a single customer has 10 or 20 customers on it. Doesn't seem to make business sense to me. Plus when they need tech support, how do you troubleshoot the competitors AP's? How do you do RF link tests and packet loss tests at 10:00PM when the customer is on the phone? Travis Microserv Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: > > ----- Original Message ----- From: "George Rogato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Thursday, April 26, 2007 6:42 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] WISP Peering > > >> Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: >>> Two of my competitors just sat down for lunch and worked out a >>> network sharing agreement. It's a handshake deal at this point though. >>> >>> Basically we carved up a hilltop laying out coverage zones for each >>> of us, and we set a price for using each other's ap's. >>> >>> Marlon >> >> Hey I think thats a good thing you've done there Marlon, getting >> along and even doing business with your competitors. > > Yeah. It's something that the three of us have already been doing for > a couple of years. We sell on each other's ap's at the same price. > The only catch is that each of us has to live under the bw, and bit > cap rules of the other guys network vs. our own. But that seems > perfectly fair to me. > > We also handle all tech support for the cusotmer. The customer should > NEVER contact the other isp. We have however, shown up together at > problematic customers and worked jointly to fix any issues. > >> >> But where do you think the line would be drawn in respect to anti >> competitive practices? > > I'm not sure. We've not had that come up yet. > > Did you have a specific situation in mind? > >> >> -- >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ -- WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
