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 <ch...@lakenetmi.com> 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 < > 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. Villarini >> >> President >> >> Aeronet Wireless Broadband Corp. >> >> www.aeronetpr.com >> >> @aeronetpr >> >> >> >> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) >> >> cheapvpscloud.com <http://cheapvpscloud.com/link.php?id=1> >> >> My website <http://zachunderwood.me/> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> >> >> >> -- >> >> Zach Underwood (RHCE,RHCSA,RHCT,UACA) >> >> cheapvpscloud.com <http://cheapvpscloud.com/link.php?id=1> >> >> My website <http://zachunderwood.me/> >> ------------------------------ >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> ------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> ------------------------------ >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> Wireless mailing list >> Wireless@wispa.org >> http://lists.wispa.org/mailman/listinfo/wireless >> >> >
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