We've had no issues doing our own work on American Tower and Crown Castle towers. It requires more documentation and paperwork with them but nothing too painful.
But with saying that, does anyone know of a good measuring tape that won't break nearly every measure to verify antenna height? On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:03 AM, Chris Fabien <[email protected]> wrote: > We did the install ourself. You do have to get certified as an authorized > climber with American Tower. Just insurance and training, mainly. > > > On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 11:00 AM, Tim Reichhart < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Mike n Chris >> but see the problem with these cell phone towers they will not allow you >> personally get on there towers you have to use there sub contractor to do >> all your equipment on there towers from one rep from american tower told me. >> >> >> ------------------------------ >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Mike Hammett <[email protected]> >> To: WISPA General List <[email protected]> >> Date: 05/24/14 10:25 AM >> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's >> >> *nods* They won't have the restricted hours a water tower has either. >> >> >> >> ----- >> Mike Hammett >> Intelligent Computing Solutions >> http://www.ics-il.com >> >> ------------------------------ >> *From:* "Chris Fabien" <[email protected]> >> *To:* "WISPA General List" <[email protected]> >> *Sent:* Saturday, May 24, 2014 7:55:49 AM >> *Subject:* Re: [WISPA] Wisp friendly Tower co's >> >> One additional note - we found American Tower much much easier to deal >> with than a local village was when we were trying to get on their water >> tower. We will probably not pursue water towers any more. >> >> >> On Sat, May 24, 2014 at 8:52 AM, Chris Fabien < [email protected]>wrote: >> >>> 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 < >>> [email protected]> 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" < [email protected]> >>>> To: "WISPA General List" < [email protected]> >>>> 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" < [email protected]> >>>> *To:* "WISPA General List" < [email protected]> >>>> *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" < [email protected]> >>>> To: "'WISPA General List'" < [email protected]> >>>> 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:*[email protected] [mailto: [email protected]] *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 <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> *To:*WISPA General List <[email protected]> >>>> >>>> *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 < [email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> How pricing looked like? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Gino A. Villarini >>>> >>>> President >>>> >>>> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >>>> >>>> www.aeronetpr.com >>>> >>>> @aeronetpr >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> *From:*Zach Underwood < [email protected]> >>>> *Reply-To:* WISPA General List < [email protected]> >>>> *Date:* Friday, May 23, 2014 at 10:50 AM >>>> *To:* WISPA General List < [email protected]> >>>> *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 < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> American tower, yes >>>> >>>> On May 23, 2014 9:42 AM, "Gino Villarini" < [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Who has the Wisp friendly program? American Towers? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> Gino A. 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