I've run into that problem before. I explained to them that the average cell site does 10s of thousands of dollars per month in revenue. Yet my average tower only does a thousand or two. I also took the time to go to a city council meeting and answer any questions about my income and net revenue so that they knew I wasn't pulling any legs (this info was kept out of the written record at my request).
I also told them that I wanted to benefit the community and those that live outside the city and outside the range of DSL or cable. I pointed out that competition is a healthy thing and that I'm the only one competing with the telco. We went from $1500 per month to trade for service (I feed the town, museum, fire department, library, city shop and now all of the cop cars). We've been there for 5 years now and they've not come after me for more money. The community has benefited because people from a couple of towns over are moving to the area specifically for the schools. They'd not have been as willing to without broadband for communications, education, shopping, entertainment etc. laters, marlon ----- Original Message ----- From: "jp" <[email protected]> To: "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 7:52 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] customer information > Thanks for the feedback everyone! > > I'm their guinea pig. They haven't let any cell providers in yet. I'm > the only tower user leasing town property. I suspect they mistakenly > assume I'm raking in millions from my rohn25 tower there, and not > investing a dime to do something for their residents/my customers. After > all, I survived the dot-com bust, and I'm a college dropout dot-commer > like Bill Gates and Michael Dell, so I must have some special > resources... > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2009 at 05:29:07PM -0500, Blake Bowers wrote: >> Sounds like someone in the city has the bright idea to >> offer municipal service and make some of the millions of >> dollars you are raking in each month. >> >> I know if you gave out my information like that, I would >> be finding another provider. >> >> Do they lease to anyone else on their sites? Are their new >> contracts with them going to require the same information? I >> really doubt it, as no one I know would every agree, espically the >> cell carriers. >> >> They can't single you out. >> >> >> 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: "jp" <[email protected]> >> To: <[email protected]> >> Sent: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 4:40 PM >> Subject: [WISPA] customer information >> >> >> > We've got a municipal lease for one of our towers in a town (We have >> > several towers/sites in the town) and it's up for renewal. >> > >> > The municipal leaders wants a map of all users in town and where they >> > get their service from. They want a listing of all users intown and out >> > of town, who use the tower on the site we lease from the town. They >> > want >> > a listing of revenues attributed to the site since the lease began. >> > >> > I don't mind giving out maps of our service area, but I think this is >> > going a bit far, and isn't likely to be helpful. I wouldn't want such >> > information to fall into other companies hands with an FOI request or >> > careless distribution either. >> > >> > Is any of this illegal to provide? I know CPNI would prevent me from >> > disclosing VOIP records. Any other legal impediments to sharing this? I >> > don't make any security/privacy promises in our AUP. Showing them >> > enough >> > information might be helpful with my case to contribute enough >> > information to show we aren't getting rich off the site and wish for >> > more coverage or expansion. Showing a town coverage information is good >> > for spreading word of mouth about where we can serve in case people >> > didn't think we served that area. But showing all of it would be good >> > for competitors and customers might distrust us a bit for being too >> > free >> > or think we are promoting identity theft. I know darn sure some >> > celebrity customers don't want their name on a local list of clients. >> > >> > Any suggestions on gracefully handling such a request? >> >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> WISPA Wants You! 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