The Water Dept. Superintendent we work with allowed us to the same thing Marlon mentions: we give them service for X amount of sites and they allow us to place X amount of antennas.
They get the same level of service all our business customers get. Mario Marlon K. Schafer (509) 982-2181 wrote: > We are on two. We give them service at all city locations that they want it > for. They buy the equipment (we're at a point where we could provide the > hardware) needed. They also require a bit more insurance and they are > listed as also insured. > > One of them started out at $1500 per month and 5 million for insurance. I > told them that I'd love to do a better job of servicing the local area but I > couldn't do it at that rate. We went over the expected customer base for me > and cost factors. I reminded them of how important it is to have > competition to the telco's DSL etc. > > I flat out told them that I was willing to do the work and invest the money > to service the area, especially those outside of town. But that I'd need > their help. We'd have to work as a team to provide the service to the > community. If they charged me any rent I'd have to charge higher prices. > And really, even at a few hundred per month, it wouldn't be enough money to > even matter in their budget. And any more than $100 per month would totally > destroy my business model and I'd not be able to afford to keep the system > running. > > In the end I got my trade for service agreement from both of them. > > I also take good care of them when there is any trouble at all. > > I still think that the teamwork aspect of my "presentation" is what got them > on board. > > Hope that helps, > Marlon > (509) 982-2181 > (408) 907-6910 (Vonage) Consulting services > 42846865 (icq) WISP Operator since 1999! > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.odessaoffice.com/wireless > www.odessaoffice.com/marlon/cam > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Mike Hammett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "WISPA List" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2008 6:05 PM > Subject: [WISPA] Water Tower > > > >> Those of you that are on water towers, what sort of agreements do you guys >> have with cities for their water towers and how much are you paying? I'm >> in negotiations with one now. >> >> >> ---------- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] >> >> Subscribe/Unsubscribe: >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ >> >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! Join today! > http://signup.wispa.org/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] > > Subscribe/Unsubscribe: > http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless > > Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/ > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wants You! Join today! http://signup.wispa.org/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WISPA Wireless List: [email protected] Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
