Whats going on with the NJ/PA/DE district? We have lost all leadership over last few month and now the DM has moved on? anyone herd something? we our now left with zero fiber leadership. is it time to leave?
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All you need to do it look at financials, the ROIs, or even have paid attention during those finance and value creation projects.
The capital cost and contract terms are why enterprise is a poor business model. Now, if you're in Manhattan that's the exception because it's ISP heavy but any other market it's a loss.
Without even doing the advanced math we're talking about, a 5 year contract for $350 a month, with $40k of capital for a small cell vs single year contracts with hundreds of thousands per mile for fiber.
And to your point of what is a small cell, at the end of the day it's shared real estate which is our business model. We lease space and or antenna ports on them.
You can tell there's panic and pressure on the bubble gum side based off the decisions being made over the past few weeks. Someone is clearly being asked when it's going to come to fruition.
There's a lot of hiring for something that isn't proven or approved in many of the places they want to use it.
@Gutx+1kBPxFyh Somebody better remind the EMT of that. We’ve been hiring like crazy over the past year down here in the south. There must be like 20 new people that we picked up just to support the fiber build and the micro trenching. You’d think we’re ready to overtake AT&T and Comcast for the most amount of fiber being built.
I would encourage you to read Elliots report. It was the root cause of the layoffs and the realignment 2 years ago.
Yes. It was the Elliot Management crisis that prompted Crown to desperately pursue micro-trenching and the bubble gum solution. Both failures. No way to build volume. Tick tok.
What exactly is small cell as it relates to Crown Castle? It's just an empty enclosure on a pole withe an antenna that requires fiber backhaul and power. It has a limit customer base and it takes years to get any type of pay back. The only way to make any money in small cell is volume. That's why Elliot management came after Crown in 2020.. you can talk all the sm--k about enterprise as you want but as it stands today its 2/3 if not more of network organizations revenue. Crown and its Investors would be better searve by building out and supporting the service business which Crown hasn't.
Enterprise is barely a line of business, that's why the EMT never mentions it. They publicly say have fiber to support small cell, the ROI on enterprise fiber is very poor due to heavy capital and short contract terms.
The big problem on the network side is much of Sr leadership is extremely fiber focused, which contributes to our tools, reporting, and KPIs being entirely fiber focused while our actual business model is small cell focused.
If the small cell business doesn't pan out Crown will just sell of the fiber and the fiber people, the same way they acquired them, only presumably at a great loss.
They aren't canceled. We have contractual abilities to start billing the customer if we are ready and they are not. I'm assuming that's what he was referencing.
I couldn't help but notice DS's comment on how it wasn't true that CCI did not bring on 10K nodes on in one year, and that we had. We were prepared, but our customers canceled on many. So in my mind, that doesn't equate with 10K nodes brought online. Tell me where in telecom I can make money off of canceled licenses because I want in on it.
There’s no money in enterprise fiber. Aside from the glorious tower business, the majority depends on small cells orders supported by new fiber and then multiple carrier customers on a single pole to recoup the cost. As they say in Houston, good luck y’all!
The focus on small cell and fiber construction will be the down fall. The Enterprise business has been treading water and their is only so much you can squeeze from that lemon
What he said
The success of our growth and, therefore, our business is dependent on building small cell nodes, but in order to get the ROI needed, we gotta build them cheaper. Not gonna happen.
Our ponytailed micro minded SVP was a drama major so you might be onto something. I get the strong feeling we are rudderless and focusing on all the wrong things. 23 is going to be a tough year for us. I expect some layoffs mid year.
Wow. Our leadership must be monitoring this site and looking to protect certain individuals. There is no hiding from the failed leadership from EMT level down through the central VP and some of the central directors. Crown is a sinking ship. When are bonuses being paid so we can jump?
@Ar-e+1kBPxFyh, nobody posted any names. Only initials. Even then, you can go on Crown’s website and see who the executive leaders are. So if I say something critical about the EVP of business support, as opposed to spelling out her name, what difference will it make when her identity is readily available?
This forum is as lame as Crown Castle is as an employer.
I guess I missed it what happened
don't post names and identifiable info, you can get banned for that and site mods could nuke the whole thread.
@Bae J'rown, how do you figure the cost to deploy by micro trenching is cheaper? We’re paying for the machines, the depreciation of the machines, the liability insurance for damage caused by the machines, the labor and benefits costs for the employees who operate the machines and the cost of paying those same employees who sit around while waiting on work.
There is no way microtrenching is significantly cheaper than paying a construction vendor to directional bore.
But can I still go to IHOP with microtrenching?
The documentation available state that CM's will routinely patrol and inspect the fiber to ensure the microtrenched fiber does not need to be repaired. The initial capital requirements to microtrench fiber is small, but the compound interest of the constant intervention required to maintain it by CM's is very costly.
Thank god for government regulations, otherwise Crown would be running fiber across roads and cover it with bubble gum just make revenue numbers for the month
@uydc+1kBPxFyh, the permit process may slow us down but it doesn’t significantly add cost or complexity to a given project.
You know what really delays, limits options and also adds costs to installing fiber? Government regulations.
Central is going to slow to a crawl -permits are at a standstill in several places. Enjoy your downtime folks.
The good part of the central region?! The parts that are over staffed and have no work versus the two districts that are carrying the region?? Give me a break.
On behalf of the good part of the Central, can we be sure not to mix us up with the mess that is part of the former East?
A lot of disgruntled peeps leaning on the central VP. I won’t pile on but do agree with the sentiment. Region will continue to struggle under his type of leadership and employees will continue be cheesed off. Lots of open positions in other depts/regions. Explore them and own your future. Don’t let weak leaders define you or your path.
Just do what the EMT are doing. Line your pockets until the lights get shut off. Keep networking and looking for other sources of income. We have a part time EMT that has at least one other public job - you deserve the same.
You’re asking if it’s time to leave? Brother, if you don’t already know the answer to that question, not even god can help you. HAHAHAHAHA!!!!!