All good points. I put a box complete with power and ethernet switch on the outside of HWSC so I can control everything. I also try to stay away from roof top mounts. I'd rather be on a grain silo, short tower., or even a barn than track on someone's shingles. -RickG
On Thu, Jun 25, 2009 at 1:34 PM, D. Ryan Spott<[email protected]> wrote: > My repeater contact is simple. > > If un-served-behind-the-big-rock-customer (USBTBR) wants service, they > need to talk to their neighbor about it. If they establish some sort > dialog, then the house-with-service-customer (HWSC) calls me to tell me > it is OK. I find that this makes it a community/neighbor issue and > really cuts down on "you have been on my roof for a year with 3 > customers, I want $5K a month rent now" sorts of calls). > > I give a $5 per month discount to the HWSC for the first USBTBRr they > repeat to. After the second USBTBR is using the repeater, the > house-with-service customer is no longer billed. We usually don't even > tell them we stopped billing them. They call us after a month or 4 and > ask us why there have been no debits. Then we tell them. :) > > Because there is: > a financial incentive (free or reduced cost service and See's Chocolate > delivered by my daughter during the holidays), > a broadband incentive (I usually put these people on my 5.8Ghz backbone), > and a good neighbor incentive (some USBTBR have mowed the > house-with-service-customer's lawns, baked pies etc) > We often get house-with-service-customers giving us access to their > backup generators, rebooting our equipment for us etc. > > Some things I have learned: > 1. NEVER tell the USBTBR that the house-with-service-customer is getting > free or reduced cost service. > 2. If you PoE is inside the HWSC home, install some sort of > female-female coupler in a weather resistant box at ground level so you > can come onto the property for reboots without entering the house or > climbing on the roof. > 3. Never tell the USBTBR that this reboot device exists, but let the > HWSC know it is there and let them tell the others if they wish. This > reduces all of the neighbors coming across the lawn to reboot what they > think is a bad repeater. The HWSC will generally let one or 2 trusted > neighbors know the reboot thing is there. > 4. Keep the roof traffic down to a minimum. Asphalt shingles begin to > wear out after a while causing concern with residential owners. > 5. Keep the truck traffic down to daylight hours and tell the HWSC that > you won't even knock on their door and disturb them if you are just > coming for a reboot or quick service call. Of course, a few of my HWSC > DO want me to tell them I am there, and I do. > 6. Establish with your USBTBRs FIRST OFF that they are behind a repeater > that is there due to the good graces of the HWSC. Therefore, if service > drops in the middle of the nigh, you are not going to wake someone up to > do a reboot, nor are you going to risk getting shot running to that > person's house to reboot the repeater. > > > ryan > > Josh Luthman wrote: >> Thank you for sharing, Rick! >> >> Josh Luthman >> Office: 937-552-2340 >> Direct: 937-552-2343 >> 1100 Wayne St >> Suite 1337 >> Troy, OH 45373 >> >> "When you have eliminated the impossible, that which remains, however >> improbable, must be the truth." >> --- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle >> >> >> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 9:22 PM, RickG <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> >>> Attached...RickG >>> >>> On Wed, Jun 24, 2009 at 5:39 PM, [email protected] >>> <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>> >>>> Anyone have a contract they could share for this? >>>> >>>> Thanx >>>> Jim >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> >>>> WISPA Wants You! 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