On-site IT & networks
Wi-Fi that reaches the far corner of the building.
Most bad Wi-Fi is not a hardware problem, it is a design problem. We survey first, then put the right kit in the places the survey says it should go.
The usual story is that somebody bought a well-reviewed access point, put it in the office where the broadband comes in, and the far end of the building has never worked properly since. Adding a second one on the same channel then makes it slightly worse.
Wi-Fi is a design job. Where the access points go, how many there are, which channels they use and how a device hands over from one to the next as somebody walks - get those right with modest hardware and it works. Get them wrong with expensive hardware and it does not.
What drives the cost
Wi-Fi is quoted per site after the survey. What moves the number:
- The size of the area and what it is built from - a warehouse needs fewer access points than you would guess, an old building with thick walls needs more.
- How many access points the design calls for, and whether they are indoor or external.
- Whether cabling already exists to reach those positions, or we are running it.
- How many people and devices use it at once. Thirty phones in a meeting is a different design from thirty laptops spread over a floor.
A survey is worth doing even if you do not use us for the install. Knowing where the coverage actually fails is most of the answer.
What you get
What a Wi-Fi project involves
A survey before anything is bought
We measure what the building actually does to the signal. Solid walls, steel racking, foil-backed insulation and plant rooms all behave differently to a floor plan.
A design, then the hardware
Access point positions and counts come out of the survey. We specify the kit to fit the design, rather than fitting the design around kit somebody already ordered.
Warehouses, yards and outbuildings
High ceilings and steel racking are their own problem, and external coverage needs external hardware. Both are routine for us.
Separate guest and staff networks
Properly segmented so a visitor on the guest network cannot see your servers, with a captive portal if you want one.
Roaming that holds a call
Configured so a device moves between access points cleanly, instead of clinging to the first one until it drops.
A network behind it that can cope
Access points are only as good as what they plug into. Cabling, switching and power over Ethernet handled as part of the same job.
How it works
How a Wi-Fi job runs
No engineer turning up unannounced, and no invoice with surprises on it.
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1
Survey
On site, with the building doing what it normally does. We map coverage, find the dead spots and see what else is competing on the same channels.
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Design and proposal
Access point positions, the hardware to go in them, and a fixed price. You see why each one is where it is.
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Installation
Mounted, cabled, powered and configured, at a time that suits you.
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Verification
We walk the site again afterwards and prove the coverage matches the design. If somewhere is still weak, that is ours to fix.
Where we cover
Business Wi-Fi across the Midlands
We are based in Redditch, so most on-site work is within about 45 minutes. We travel further for larger jobs - travel is always quoted up front.
- Redditch
- Bromsgrove
- Alcester
- Studley
- Evesham
- Droitwich
- Worcester
- Solihull
- Birmingham
- Stratford-upon-Avon
Questions
The things people ask first.
Usually goes with
Most of this work comes as part of something bigger. Ask about any of it in one go and you get one scope, one price and one team.
Tell us what you need