At least in our area, tower companies (mostly older 2-way providers) are not buying / building many towers - most of the builds outside of WISPs are cell carriers, who will only use heavier-duty towers than what most WISPs will build.
On Tue, Jul 16, 2019 at 1:50 PM Matt Hoppes < mattli...@rivervalleyinternet.net> wrote: > Remove? Why not sell them to a tower company? > > On 7/16/19 12:44 PM, CBB - Jay Fuller wrote: > > > > 1) if he doesn't have the money you're not going to get it. > > 2) i've been thinking about this a lot lately too. everyone who only > > values based on annual revenue (as i used to do and have made several > > purchases based on that) is probably not taking into account owned > > vertical real estate. a lot of times smaller wisps are only renting > > water tanks or someone else's tower but as you get bigger you tend to > > build. i think we must own at least 15 towers...i'm not sure. we don't > > own the land (we own SOME of the land) but we do own the towers. > > if you're shutting down, there is money involved in REMOVING those > towers. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > *From:* TJ Trout <mailto:t...@voltbb.com> > > *To:* AnimalFarm Microwave Users Group <mailto:af@af.afmug.com> > > *Sent:* Tuesday, July 16, 2019 3:59 AM > > *Subject:* [AFMUG] Wisp value > > > > I've been mentoring a friend of mine, he's young and rather > > ambitious. He started out his 'wisp' using a residential cable > > connection, I've helped him for basically free for the last three > > years grow his base to 250 customers, he just last week acquired a > > failing wisp with 65 subs on a no money down, pay us a commission > > basis. I've been managing most of his core network and providing him > > IPv4 and transit for a steal of a price, I even loaned him a > > substantial amount of cash recently to buy a bunch of surplus > > equipment. Well anyway I guess he got caught with another women and > > his wife is demanding he shut down or sell the wisp for > > whatever reason, he called and put this all on my plate today. > > > > Instead of offering to sell me the company (I don't really want it) > > he tellse that he's going to try selling to a local competitor whom > > I consider slightly a better personal than a child molester. > > > > So anyway I'll try to stop rambling, what's a wisp Worth these days? > > Gross revenue for a year is what I figure (max) with his all used > > ubnt equipment? > > > > The other dilemma is that he's about 3 months behind on his transit > > and his note is due for repayment Monday ~$15k total. > > > > I need a way to ensure I get paid current and I don't let him get > > behind during the 'sale'. I was thinking to quit being the nice guy > > and demand the past due balance + the note in full + 3 months > > transit in advance so I don't get screwed during the sale process if > > he gets behind again. I don't know if he can even come up with the > > money and my only leverage is to turn his port down... I have a > > strange feeling he may try to stall me as long as possible until the > > competition can thing in transit and run off without paying the > bill.... > > > > > > Sorry for he rant, just sick of helping people because every time I > > do I end up regretting it. > > > > TJ > > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > -- > > AF mailing list > > AF@af.afmug.com > > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com > > > > > > -- > AF mailing list > AF@af.afmug.com > http://af.afmug.com/mailman/listinfo/af_af.afmug.com >
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