Residents are excited about hotels offering whole-property managed Wi-Fi or smart Wi-Fi and choose to live. Smart Wi-Fi is a game changer for residents, property employees and owners/operators, especially when it comes to smart Wi-Fi and remote working. Residents demand fast, reliable internet, and smart Wi-Fi can not only meet their demands, but also bring in income to pay for other smart building projects.

What is Smart Wi-Fi?

Smart Wi-Fi is property-wide internet access, covering all apartment units and common areas, built for the density of multi-family dwellings. Smart Wi-Fi and remote work are mutually beneficial.

Residents of apartment buildings have property-wide Wi-Fi and pay far less for secure, high-speed internet than spending more to find their own provider to install internet in their units.

The property-owned network provides internet for each resident's personal use, a guest network for non-residents, and access for on-site property managers and maintenance. This is the safest solution to provide Wi-Fi to everyone throughout the property.

Smart Wi-Fi and remote work

1. Ensure a safe working environment.

Traditional ISPs offer one-to-one service to condo units through in-unit hubs or unit-based connections, and contract with that resident. This leaves open loopholes for hackers, as the security of Wi-Fi in residential units depends largely on their personal choices.

For example, a Wi-Fi router will provide internet access within an apartment unit. If this router is open, it will be easier for someone to accidentally or intentionally change settings, or even access devices connected to it (like smart thermostats, smart lighting, etc.). These devices come into contact with sensitive personal information that can be harmful to access by malicious individuals.

Professionally installed internet can protect potentially dangerous areas if someone accidentally or intentionally changes settings.

2. Make the internet connection consistent across the property.

Residents want to be connected to the internet throughout the property, not just in their units, especially when it comes to smart Wi-Fi and remote work. They may want to take a break from work and work in the clubhouse or other common areas. With in-unit hubs, residents from their units to common areas either have to switch networks or cannot access and rely on their own hotspots. With property-wide Wi-Fi, everyone including residents, property staff and owners can seamlessly access the internet from anywhere on the property.

3. Tailor Wi-Fi to property and business needs.

In addition to being already designed for the complexities of multifamily housing, Wi-Fi solutions are also customized to the architecture and needs of the property. Or teleworkers, this is important because internet access takes common use cases into account to ensure the connection for smart Wi-Fi and telework is as strong as possible.

For homeowners and operators, property-wide Wi-Fi can:

1. Make sure the right infrastructure is in place to provide the services residents demand.
2. Keep business operations smooth and safe.
3. Create valuable income!

With property-wide Wi-Fi, not only remote workers benefit, but also all apartment stakeholders such as other residents, property staff, owners and operators.