[AusNOG] going rate for a rooftop installation?

[Karl Auer]

On Wed, 2019-06-05 at 12:49 +1000, Mark Smith wrote:
> On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 at 12:40, Jim Woodward <jim at alwaysnever.net>
> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: AusNOG <ausnog-bounces at lists.ausnog.net> On Behalf Of Mark
> > Smith
> > Sent: Wednesday, 5 June 2019 12:30 PM
> > To: Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com>
> > Cc: AUSNOG <ausnog at lists.ausnog.net>
> > Subject: Re: [AusNOG] going rate for a rooftop installation?
> > 
> > On Wed, 5 Jun 2019 at 12:07, Paul Wilkins <paulwilkins369 at gmail.com
> > > wrote:
> > > 
> > > 
> > > There's no such thing as a "going rate", as the notion of a going
> > > rate assumes a functioning market, and obviously, due to the
> > > unique geographic nature of each roof top, and the lack of
> > > diversity of demand for these services, there aren't the factors
> > > of supply and demand that would allow for a market mechanism to
> > > dictate price.
> > > 
> > > 
> > > So you're saying the price could vary from $0 through to $∞?
> > 
> > That would very much be up to the property owner/manager to set a
> > price on, every case can be different - even in the same property
> > where a second tenant wants an install after one has been done for
> > $0 - it can come down to how they feel on the day or the standing
> > relationship between the tenant and the property owner/manager . it
> > is entirely possible that if they are getting frequent requests of
> > this type that they may deem it an administrative cost from their
> > point of view, If they want you to pay, then you either pay or seek
> > an alternate solution that doesn't involve roof installation :)
> > 
> Surely there's a rough average ball park figure, which I'm guessing
> the OP was asking for.
> 
> $100? $500? $2500? $5000? $10 000? $100 000? $1 000 000?
> 
> The length of a piece of string might be infinite in theory and
> abstract. In practice there's going to be an average length, which
> string users will know the price of (and I guess will be the average
> price and length of a ball.)
> 
> > 
> > Kind Regards,
> > Jim.
> > 
> > 
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>From the many replies I got off-list (for which I thank the senders),
it seems the rate is very variables.

I think the owners in "my" case just want not to be ripped off. They
are smart enough to know that having and providing access to an antenna
on their roof is going to cost them something, that the roof itself is
an asset that must be paid for and maintained, and that the carrier is
getting a benefit from use of the roof. Those factors(plus a wish for a
modest profit and an awareness that their roof is in no way unique in
this area) will inform the price they ask for.

Regards, K.

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