If you're buying the customers what you should look at is the revenue. At $41.67/mo/customer (or $500/customer) buyout seems very steep.
If he's looking to get out and has no other options I am certain you can lower that price. Also express that a "network" of Ubnt, lots of private IPs, and a hassle expected once you take over isn't worth paying top dollar for. Josh Luthman Office: 937-552-2340 Direct: 937-552-2343 1100 Wayne St Suite 1337 Troy, OH 45373 "The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources." --- Albert Einstein On Wed, Dec 16, 2009 at 2:08 PM, MDK <rea...@muddyfrogwater.us> wrote: > There's a guy started a small network in an area I serve, but quite distant > from me, and he's wanting to get out. > > He offered to sell me his customers and his network, and then finally he > quoted me a price for his network. Not "the customers" but just "the > network" and the customer owns his own cpe. I buy the network and > inherit > his customers - that was the "deal". > > It works out to $500 / customer. > > For infrastructure, that seems... well... REALLY high to me. > > It consists MOSTLY of UBNT stuff and some bandwidth controls, etc, I don't > really understand. It's mostly bridged, and has no public IP's, it was > apparently NAT'd to a cable connection somewhere. > > Looking at my rural deployments and the approximate cost- even of the > solar/wind powered sites... I'm well under $100/customer for network > infrastructure outside of the CPE. > > Am I the one way different, or is he? Or, is this wide range.... normal? > > > > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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/
