If you own all of the CPE the customer will expect the latest and greatest. When you upgrade the system you not only have to change out tower gear but you also have to change out the cpe. Oh yeah, you have to pay for both if you own the cpe. But you'll not get any "install" fees from people down the road. marlon
----- Original Message ----- From: "Mike" <m...@aweiowa.com> To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [WISPA] CPE - who buys it? > Huh? I do capitalize tower equipment; just NOT CPE. > > Mike > > At 08:43 PM 11/8/2009, you wrote: >>Yeah, till you have to forklift entire towers at a time. Then what? No >>more install fees, but you could easily have to replace thousands of >>dollars >>in hardware within week or months. >>marlon >> >>----- Original Message ----- >>From: "Mike" <m...@aweiowa.com> >>To: "WISPA General List" <wireless@wispa.org> >>Sent: Sunday, November 08, 2009 1:12 PM >>Subject: Re: [WISPA] CPE - who buys it? >> >> >> >I made a decision when I founded this company that I wouldn't keep >> > CPE on the books. I extract a capital fee on day one for the REAL >> > cost of CPE and cabling, mount et al. I maintain ownership. >> > >> > It's like joining a health club; you pay an initiation fee. When you >> > quit, you don't get to take the universal gym home with you. They >> > comprehend this ideology and play along. I usually get them to sign >> > a 2 year contract by telling them I can't raise their rates for 24 >> > months. >> > >> > MIke >> > >> > >> > At 02:24 PM 11/8/2009, you wrote: >> >>I've always provided the CPE to the end user and retained ownership as >> >>part >> >>of the service. That was mostly due to the high cost of CPE in the >> >>past. >> >>With the advent of lower CPE cost, I'm considering changing that to >> >>where >> >>the customer buys their own CPE. I'd like to hear the pros and cons to >> >>this >> >>strategy. >> >>-RickG >> >> >> >> >> >>------------------------------------------------------------------ >> -------------- >> >>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/ >> >> >> >>-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >>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/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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/
