We were offered $12K for Verizon to run their wiring and to promote the product within the building, including door-to-door soliciting.
When I asked, the sales rep stated that the door-to-door could be eliminated, of course for a lower incentive offering.

Thanks for the info. We are negotiating with Verizon now and they are insisting they won't pay the $150/unit because we only have 20 units. Has anyone got money from them with under 25 units?
Thanks,
Janie

Our building had FIOS and Cablevision wiring and any fees apparently went to the management company. Shouldn't they have gone to the building fund?

that a very bad sign. get a new managing co. seriously. also demand in writing they give you the money. before you fire them.

We received over $30,000 or about $75 per unit, whether they subscribed or not.

How does Fios actually work? I know people that have it and have had difficult times with it and are going back to Cable. In fact someone I know over the weekend had a problem and couldn't get into their computer or the TV. He was discontinuing it and going back to cable. Just wondering?

Was this an automatic payment or did you negotiate?

Most of the negotiation centered around building access, the work that they would perform, and the materials that they would use, which was actually of greater importance to us. As I recall, the payment was part of their offer which we accepted. The good news is that they paid us for every apartment, regardless of whether or not the resident subscribed to the service and was paid in one lump sum rather than over a period of time.

So the $75 per unit was automatic?

Yes. My point was that there was not much negotiating on the payment - that's what they offered as part of the package and we accepted.

Did Direct TV offer a bonus to install their equipment in building

Our building paid Direct TV to install their equipment

oops

Again, did anyone pay or get a bonus from Direct TV to have their satellite installed?

FiOS will pay and it is a good idea to get them. We have a 150 unit co-op. We negotiated $150 a unit to have them pre-wire, so we got $22,500 to have them pre-wire. Plus they paid for our website and our back-end management software. We now have a web-based work order queue to manage our work orders. People can submit work orders online, from their iPhone, Blackberry, Doid and FiOS TV. The super gets it on his phone right away and it goes in the online queue. The super then can work the work order and put any detailed needed in it, in case we need to revisit the issue.

It is worth getting them, but make sure you negotiate for a few things.