If you hang them all, you get the guilty.
(Appologies to Tom T. Hall)
On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 08:39:37AM -0600, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
> If you own everything it is not a problem.
>
> -----Original Message----- From: Adam Moffett Sent: Wednesday,
> October 7, 2020 7:58 AM To: af@af.afmug.com Subject: Re: [AFMUG] OT
> Royalty deal
>
>
> On 10/6/2020 3:20 PM, John Osmon wrote:
> >On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 02:20:24PM -0600, ch...@wbmfg.com wrote:
> >>I am getting some traction with developers for my fiber. They want me
> >>to come in, they will put the subscription to my service as part of
> >>the HOA fees. They will not let others in the ditch. All for 10% of
> >>the gross. So I get 100% take rate. I am not unhappy with the deal.
> >>But I am wondering about agreeing to a perpetual royalty. Anyone else
> >>done one of these deals?
> >I'd be tempted to do it as two companies.
> >
> >Company the first: FTTH provider. Layer 1/2 aggregator
> >Company the second: ISP
> >
> >HOA fees cover an ethernet/PON connection to a head end. The ISP can
> >connect to any homeowner at the headend.
> >
> >The fiber company will make money in perpetuity. The ISP can make money
> >as long as they serve the customers wishes.
>
> The value might be in perception more than anything. If the
> developer was wary about being trapped with an ISP they hate later,
> then something like that might appease them.
>
> >I'm also a big proponent of structural separation. In my world, anyone
> >that uses the public ROW would be prohibited from being an ISP.
>
> Yeahbut you're not plugging the same fiber into multiple OLT's. This
> would be a mandate for a central split architecture. If you built
> distributed split and didn't include lots of surplus fibers then
> you're still basically stuck with one provider. I'd be annoyed if
> last mile network design became accidentally enshrined in law.
>
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