One thing that I found helpful when we had to do this for the county years back was actually to bring in some sample equipments that we talked about installing. Also bringing picture of typical cell company tower installs. Showing them that we are looking for minimal size and will cause far less stress on the tower then what the cell company would. Also outlay our economics showing to them that we economically couldn't afford to pay these fees based on the coverage area that the technology can provide as well the economics in the area how many customer we would expect to be able to get from said tower site and compare this with how the cell phone companies require the coverage they do for their mobile users and possible even do a study on larger roads close by the tower to get amount of traffic going by there to get an estimate how many cell subscribers that do hit that tower in their wish to have their mobile phone and data service.
One of tower we got co located I know Sprint wanted to go up but their engineering study I found out (from the guy that maintained the tower) required them to reinforce the tower because it wasn't deemed to be strong enough for what they wanted to do. Of course with this final info and showing what we wanted to install carried in a duffle bag made them change their tune on the amount they wanted. Plus of course. Some research finding that t most tower companies in the area charged on average no more then $1/ft/antenna. So 2 possible 3 antennas at 180ft and 2 antennas at 240ft shouldn't cost us in this case almost $1k per tower as they wanted to charge. We ended up getting on for $600 for both towers. /Eje Sent via BlackBerry from T-Mobile -----Original Message----- From: Michael Baird <m...@tc3net.com> Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2009 11:57:50 To: WISPA General List<wireless@wispa.org> Subject: Re: [WISPA] Tower colocation request Tom, Thanks this is just the sort of information I was looking for. I was also looking for maybe some notes or documentation from someone who's done the presentation dance in front of the municipality. Regards Michael Baird > The goal is to learn what the muni's objective is. Their objective is not > always to enable broadband expansion. > Sometimes a small town cares more about generating a new source of revenue. > Your goal is to changed the perspective that they'll want to charge you > $2000/month to co-locate, to one that they want to give you space for free, > because of the economic development need to the community to deliver > broadband. You'll want to be friend influencial people in the community, > and get them excited about broadband. > > You'll want to document competence for the water tower work. Address > concerns for safety, cosmetic appeal, and potential damage to the water > tower. You'll want to document insurance. But mostly, you'll want to > document the need for your services in the community. And you'll want to > offer a "direct benefit" to the town government as well. (For example, > inkind trade worth of broadband service to a few key public venues). > > You'll also want to research the zoning options for constructing towers, so > you know what your alternatives are, if the town board is not cooperative. > > Make sure you have a long term agreement to co-locate.(For example 5 years > renewable for up to 20 years.) > > Make sure your agreement has first-in non-intererence clauses, specifiying > the spectrum ranges that you will be using. > > Tom DeReggi > RapidDSL & Wireless, Inc > IntAirNet- Fixed Wireless Broadband > > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Michael Baird" <m...@tc3net.com> > To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> > Sent: Monday, March 02, 2009 11:49 AM > Subject: [WISPA] Tower colocation request > > > >> Hi guys, we are looking to deploy a wifi system on a local water tower >> to service and underserved area. This will be our first experience >> dealing with a new municipality and we have it slated for a board >> agenda. I was wondering if there were standard proposals out there to >> use, or if someone had an example they were willing to share, of what >> information they provide to the municipality, or what to pay attention >> to when trying to get space on the tower. >> >> Regards >> Michael Baird >> >> >> -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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/ >> >> >> -- >> No virus found in this incoming message. >> Checked by AVG. >> Version: 7.5.557 / Virus Database: 270.11.5/1979 - Release Date: 3/1/2009 >> 5:46 PM >> >> >> > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > WISPA Wants You! 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