For renters, property-wide wifi is becoming a baseline expectation. 90% of renters even suggest that they wouldn’t rent somewhere with poor internet speeds.
The issue with this is that property-wide wifi is actually hard to achieve. Concrete walls block the signal, individual tenants' ISPs fight for airspace, and amenity areas are hard to cover.
The building itself is the main issue due to its layout and materials. The long hallways and multi-level design, mixed with thick concrete, brick, and steel, make it difficult to promote strong coverage.
Adding to this, most MDUs with network issues have retail ISP hardware. These just aren’t suited for the role. You need commercial-grade equipment to deliver wifi to thousands of devices.
Even if an MDU owner has purchased commercial-grade equipment, that’s not even the end of the fight. If it’s not configured correctly, you just get really expensive hardware that isn’t really doing much.
The most reliable property-wide wifi is to stop building a network piece by piece. Instead, you build a purpose-built system that covers the entire property from day one.
One way you’re able to achieve this is through managed wifi services. Those who offer this service design, install, and monitor your wifi network, ensuring it meets your needs.
Managed wifi is a service model where third-party providers take full ownership of your property’s wireless network. They design, install, and maintain your network all for a singular fee. The provider then delivers property-wide wifi and upgrades or repairs anything when necessary.
Every managed wifi service starts with a network design. The provider walks the building, maps existing cabling, identifies dead zones, and measures how far signals can travel through walls, floors, and obstructions.
From here, they build a network design and coverage plan that best suits your building. The bespoke design will ensure that the network itself is able to provide property-wide wifi based on real data.
If upgrades are required (which they normally are), the provider will make the installations. This may include installing fiber, adding access points, and so forth. Whatever it may be, they’ll install and configure the equipment to meet the demands of the users and the MDU owner.
Once the network is live, the provider runs it. They monitor it 24/7, perform firmware updates, and make hardware upgrades when necessary. If tenants have a question, they can also contact the provider instead of the leasing office, improving operational efficiency.
Beacon provides a full-service managed wifi solution for MDU owners.
Our service includes:
MDU owners choose Beacon because of our expertise, our track record, and the trust we’ve built with every client we’ve served.
Over the last 20 years, we’ve designed, installed, and managed 500+ networks nationwide. This has ranged from single-building communities all the way to multi-property portfolios.
During this period, we were able to maintain a 99.9% customer satisfaction rate. Such a high rate was achieved due to our 24/7 dedicated support, NOC monitoring, and quick response times.
If your property has poor wifi, has no wifi at all, or is still using retail-grade ISPs and equipment, then feel free to reach out to us. A technician will be more than happy to perform an on-site visit and perform a property audit. This will help us identify the root issues, your needs, and how our solution can solve them.
We'll handle the infrastructure so you can run your operation without interruption.