Your rate is locked. In writing.
Get up to five years of flat-rate pricing that never moves. Then your renewals come at a fixed, pre-set increase you know in advance, so you can calculate your monthly tower-lighting costs for the life of your business. Not a moving target. A lifetime of certainty.
So we made you a promise the market can't
Up to 5 years, flat
The rate you sign is the rate you pay. No annual escalator, no mid-term increase, no fuel surcharge, for up to five years at a time.
Full upfront transparency
Every rate for every service is on the table before you sign. No hidden fees, no surprise invoices, no emergency-repair bills mid-quarter.
A lifetime of certainty
The protection doesn't end when your term does. Renewals come at a fixed, pre-set increase, so your predictability carries on well beyond year five.
Five years fixed. Then a lifetime of certainty.
Owning tower lighting the traditional way means owning its cost volatility, where every increase, every emergency, and every inflation cycle lands on your budget without warning. The guarantee replaces all of that with a number you can plan around, for good.
Calculate your costs for the life of your towers
Most LumenServe agreements start with a 5-year term at a fully locked flat rate. When it's time to renew, your increase is fixed and known from the start: choose 1, 3, or 5 more years at a set increase, then locked again for that full term. Because every future rate is defined up front, you can calculate your monthly tower-lighting costs for the life of your business, not just the first five years.
Your renewal increase is fixed and disclosed before you commit, so every future year is a number you already know.
| Owning it the old way | With the LumenServe Guarantee |
|---|---|
| A bulb fails, a surprise $1,601–$6,670 crew bill | One flat monthly rate; the repair is ours to fund |
| A repaint from $5,336 whenever the FAA's fade chart calls for it | We convert you to dual-mode LED lighting, so painting is no longer required |
| Costs drift up ~3.2%/yr and reset higher every renewal | Fixed for up to 5 years, then a known, pre-set renewal rate |
| You find out the price when the invoice arrives | You see every rate before you sign, full stop |
| Budget you can't forecast | A number you can put in the plan and forget |
Flat rate isn't a discount gimmick. It's cost certainty. You trade an unpredictable, rising liability for a set of numbers you can build a long-range budget around.
Tower lighting costs never stop climbing
We don't just claim costs go up. We've measured it. LumenServe published "Tower Lighting: It Is Costing You More Than You Think" in 2017, then re-ran the same analysis in 2026. Same methodology, same tower scenarios, nine years apart. Every category came back higher, most by roughly a third, and materials like paint by far more.
| What tower owners pay | 2017 | Today (2026) |
|---|---|---|
| Aviation-orange paint, per gallon | $38–48 | $66–82 |
| One bulb change (crew labor) | $1,200–5,000 | $1,601–6,670 |
| LED lighting install, 200-ft guyed tower | $10,000 | $13,340 |
| Repaint a 200-ft guyed tower (from) | $4,000 | $5,336 |
| Quarterly inspections, per year | $1,780 | $2,375 |
| Daily monitoring labor, per year | ~$1,900 | ~$2,535 |
Aviation-orange paint alone jumped more than 70% a gallon. Across the board, the cost of staying compliant is up about a third since 2017, and it keeps climbing. Over a five-year ownership window, a tower owner who doesn't use LumenServe absorbs every one of those increases.
Figures from LumenServe’s 2017 and 2026 “Cost of Owning a Tower” studies, independently corroborated against current sources: U.S. inflation from 2017 to 2026 is about 36% (Bureau of Labor Statistics CPI); FAA-spec aviation-orange tower paint runs about $80 a gallon (2026 vendor pricing); L-864 LED obstruction beacons cost $1,270–$2,000 per unit, and certified tower-crew rates run $35–$100 an hour (2026 industry listings).
How we hold pricing flat while everyone else raises it
We can guarantee your rate because of how TLaaS® works. LumenServe owns the lighting system, buys hardware at scale, and standardizes on long-life LED backed by our Assurance Warranty, so the volatility of bulbs, crews, and emergency truck rolls sits on our balance sheet, not yours. We absorb the cost curve you just saw so your number can stay still.
- We own the asset. No capital outlay from you, and no depreciating system on your books.
- Never paint again. We can convert your tower to a dual-mode LED system (an FAA Style A to Style E conversion), so repainting comes off your cost sheet for good.
- Scale buys stability. 1,000+ towers nationwide means volume pricing we pass through as predictability.
- 100% retention. Customers stay because the economics keep working, year after year.
The Price Guarantee, answered
How long does LumenServe lock in pricing?
Up to five (5) years of flat-rate pricing at a time. The rate you agree to is the rate you pay for the term, with no annual escalator and no mid-term increase, and it renews at a fixed, pre-set rate for as long as you remain a customer.
What does "full upfront transparency" mean?
Every rate for every service is disclosed before you sign, including your renewal increases. There are no hidden fees, no surprise emergency-repair invoices, and no line items you only discover later.
What happens when my initial term ends?
Your renewal is priced in advance. After the initial term (most agreements start at 5 years of fully locked flat-rate pricing), you can renew for 1, 3, or 5 more years at a set increase, locked again for that term. Because the numbers are defined up front, you can calculate your costs for the life of your business.
How much have tower lighting costs actually risen?
In LumenServe's cost studies, the estimated annual cost just to comply with FCC tower-marking rules rose from $6,800 in 2017 to $9,071 in 2026, a 33% increase in nine years, with a single bulb change running $1,601 to $6,670.
Lock in today's rate before costs climb again
Costs have risen every year we've measured them. Your rate doesn't have to. See your exact flat rate in full, and put a number in your budget you can count on for the life of your towers.
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