There was a time when that was the case... But Crown has evolved in recent years, and their staff as well are learning more about the value of the WISP market, and what costs our market will bear. For me.... Crown has been a pleasure to work with.
Just like any relationship, to get good terms, it requires an established ongoing relationship, and committment from both parties to create value for the other party. In my opinion, the secret is putting yourself in their shoes and understanding their position for each transaction. By understanding teh dynamics of the site, it helps determine what things can be asked for or not successfully. Admitted, the process is very slow, (and there fore sometimes frustrating), but from our experience the process with all tower companies has been slow, so that is an irrelevent factor. And if you are in teh wholesale business, you WANT the process to be slow, and you dont want a leasor that gives everyone else as good of terms as they give you, since you have the ongoing relationship. Tom DeReggi RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband ----- Original Message ----- From: "RickG" <rgunder...@gmail.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Monday, September 21, 2009 12:33 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] Crown Castle Tower Space Leasing > Crown Castle is one of the worst companies (think AT&T) I have ever > dealt with. They dont know their right hand from the left. Dont expect > anything to get done, especially billing. > -RickG > > On 9/21/09, Robert West <robert.w...@just-micro.com> wrote: >> Does anyone here lease space from Crown Castle? I have a cell tower in >> an >> area I've been trying to find access in and this tower is in a good spot >> for >> us and our tier 1 provider has fiber running right across the road from >> it. >> >> >> Any idea what they charge and issues with them? Looks to be a big >> company >> so I doubt they will lease cheaply. >> >> Thanks! >> >> Bob- >> >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! Join today! >> http://signup.wispa.org/ >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> WISPA Wireless List: wireless@wispa.org >> >> 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: wireless@wispa.org > > 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: wireless@wispa.org Subscribe/Unsubscribe: http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless Archives: http://lists.wispa.org/pipermail/wireless/
