We just completed a lease with american tower. Overall they were very reasonable to work with, although it did take several months to go through the process the first time. I can share details of pricing off list, but the range of $400-700 is what we are seeing in this area depending on the tower. They have a couple base WISP packages and equipment above that costs additional per month. They do offer promos on under-utilized towers. We did take the step pricing on the lease to reduce the initial cost by $100/mo and increase it $50/year - same overall cost in the end. There is some additional cost in insurance and tower training , to meet their requirements that most WISP will not already have. If you are going to do this and need to get tower trained and increase insurance, it probably makes sense to do more than just one cell phone tower, otherwise that cost makes it much more expensive.
On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:07 PM, Tim Reichhart < timreichh...@hometowncable.net> wrote: > Mike > see with these municipalities going have to realize that WISP ARE NOT Cell > Phone companies and are NOT going to pay 2500+ per month for space on there > water towers. I ran into that with my village what they did was call an > other village/city that is 8 miles way from the village and the city mayor > told them or showed them the contract that sprint was paying them for one > water tower which was like 2500 dollars. So I got smart and contacted the > city mayor and I asked about the rent from an local WISP was paying the > city for the other water tower they have and the local WISP was only paying > them 100 dollars an month for rent. So you got to watch out about these > municipalities try to screw you over on rent because they automatically > think your an cell phone company and not an internet service provider. > > > ------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: "Mike Hammett" <wispawirel...@ics-il.net> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: 05/23/14 06:47 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's > > Some municipalities work very well on rent. I have at least six whose rent > totals three figures. Others want $2,500/month+ each... because that's > what AT&T or Verizon paid. > > > > ----- > Mike Hammett > Intelligent Computing Solutions > http://www.ics-il.com > > ------------------------------ > *From:* "Tim Reichhart" <timreichh...@hometowncable.net> > *To:* "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > *Sent:* Friday, May 23, 2014 2:19:51 PM > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's > > Brian > when you say they " do graduated rent increase" what do you mean by that? > because alot of times its cheaper to rent space from village on there water > towers or build your own for that 600-1000 per month from American Tower > Co. > > Tim > > ------------------------------ > -----Original Message----- > From: "Brian Webster" <i...@wirelessmapping.com> > To: "'WISPA General List'" <wireless@wispa.org> > Date: 05/23/14 12:08 PM > Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's > > American Tower spoke at the Mid Atlantic WISA Conference last week. They > did say that rents are going to be location based, meaning that areas where > their tower may be the only game in town due to zoning restriction you will > pay more. If the tower is very rural and they don't have a lot or requests > for space on it (and in some areas the towers are actually empty) they are > much more willing to talk about lower rent. They did also mention something > about any fees being able to be billed over 12 months. They also said that > they have done deals where they do a graduated rent increase in the first > couple of years to give the WISP a break until they get a revenue stream > going on that site. > > > > While there will be a lot of WISP's who will say they can still build > their own towers cheaper, being able to use a major commercial tower > company in a way that is at least in the ballpark for a WISP business model > is a major leap in the right direction compared to years past. > > > > Thank You, > > Brian Webster > > www.wirelessmapping.com > > www.Broadband-Mapping.com > > > > *From:*wireless-boun...@wispa.org [mailto:wireless-boun...@wispa.org] *On > Behalf Of* CBB - Jay Fuller > *Sent:* Friday, May 23, 2014 11:15 AM > *To:* WISPA General List > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's > > > > > > For $750 / month and 4k startup i'll put up a tower and sell space on it. > Geez. > > Can't even get rent here for that in some parts of town.... > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:*Zach Underwood <z...@zachunderwood.me> > > *To:*WISPA General List <wireless@wispa.org> > > *Sent:*Friday, May 23, 2014 10:07 AM > > *Subject:*Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's > > > > Example. I got pricing from ATC for 200 foot of 250 foot tower in a in a > very well to do part of town for $750 mrc. Setup cost was $4k. > > > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 11:01 AM, Gino Villarini < g...@aeronetpr.com> > wrote: > > How pricing looked like? > > > > > > > > Gino A. Villarini > > President > > Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. > > www.aeronetpr.com > > @aeronetpr > > > > > > > > *From:*Zach Underwood < z...@zachunderwood.me> > *Reply-To:* WISPA General List < wireless@wispa.org> > *Date:* Friday, May 23, 2014 at 10:50 AM > *To:* WISPA General List < wireless@wispa.org> > *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's > > > > > http://www.americantower.com/corporateus/solutions/solutions-for-industries/wireless-internet-service-providers/index.htm > > > > On Fri, May 23, 2014 at 10:44 AM, Adair Winter < > ada...@amarillowireless.net> wrote: > > American tower, yes > > On May 23, 2014 9:42 AM, "Gino Villarini" < g...@aeronetpr.com> wrote: > > Who has the Wisp friendly program? American Towers? > > > > > > > > Gino A. 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