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If only someone wanted to start a business and negotiate these
contracts for wisps. One guy could run this business, know all the
tower guys and help us get on these towers. I would gladly pay someone
to do this dirty work. Brian Tom DeReggi wrote: I gotta agree with Blake. Many of the big tower companies are good to WISPs, once they know you, and understand your business. Its just a long road, getting to that stage. Just like any business, sales reps want to feel out the opportunity with a client, and start out high, with the add-on fees,without discounting. What I find is that, there is a minimum dollar amount to make it worth their time to talk to you. Think about it, if they take ATT's call, they have the potential to sell 100s of towers and antennas colos. They take your call, and they have limited potential to measilly few hundred bucks, and its the same amount of work to write up the contracts. I believe Eje' situation was a side effect of not asking to colocate enough antennas in teh transaction. $300/1 antenna is a lot, but its feasible that the same tower company might have given him 5-8 antennas for $500, if he pushed for it. Most tower's have free empty space, and the candidates to buy it are shrinking. ONce they understand you business model, and understand its not cost justified for you to pay carrier price, they'll usually come down to something fair.But I think the same way... Its a hassle dealing wit htower companies, jsut because of all the legal details and time involved. I'd hardly justify spending the negotiating time myself, for just an Omni install. If you want a pack of gum, you don't go to the Hechts at the mall. Its to time consuming to get in and out of there. Instead, you go to the local 7 eleven. When you want to scale an operation and install a lot of antennas, you NEED the tower companys. And its worth paying them for the benefits it offers. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "Blake Bowers" <bbow...@mozarks.com> To: <e...@wisp-router.com>; "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:40 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] www.att.com/towersHmmm I know LOTS of tower companies that although their main emphasis is cellular, they are very good to WISPS and others. I have WISPS paying anywhere between $25.00 a month to 500 a month, depending on location, height, etc. And yes, my MAIN emphasis is on Cellular. I have towers in 18 states. I guess I am ripping of those WISPS. Don't take your organs to heaven, heaven knows we need them down here! Be an organ donor, sign your donor card today. ----- Original Message ----- From: <e...@wisp-router.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 1:19 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] www.att.com/towersMost tower companies that deal with cell carrier are rip offs. One company I talked with wanted a minimum 500/mo and a 2k engineering fee. All I wanted was a omni around 150ft up in their 180ft tower and a small backhaul panel that could be at 80ft (18"x18" panel). I offered $300 a month that is more then $1/ft per antenna and asked for a waiver or reduction of the engineering fee. No go. Other companies same thing. So don't even bother with those companies any longer rather deal with farmers and private tower owners. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: "Eric Rogers" <ecrog...@precisionds.com> Date: Sun, 11 Jan 2009 14:04:31 To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] www.att.com/towers I priced space for 3 sectors and 2 backhauls. They wanted $1600/mo. I built my own tower next to it... ;) Eric -----Original Message----- From: wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] On Behalf Of Mike Hammett Sent: Sunday, January 11, 2009 10:34 AM To: WISPA General List Subject: Re: [WISPA] www.att.com/towers I would only assume they are, but has anyone worked with them before? ----- Mike Hammett Intelligent Computing Solutions http://www.ics-il.com -------------------------------------------------- From: "Jerry Richardson" <jrichard...@aircloud.com> Sent: Thursday, January 08, 2009 12:23 AM To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] www.att.com/towers |
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