Google built a brand new 600,000 sq ft high-tech building for some of its workers in Silicon Valley. It’s meant to showcase the latest technology, interior daylight, a solar canopy roof, and other amenities for a productive workplace.
But despite all this fancy innovation… it suffers from what many offices in North Central Florida have trouble with: spotty WiFi.
Yes, even at Google’s new campus, people are using mobile hot spots to get work done. Managers have even suggested that their staff go outside for better WiFi coverage.
Of course, Google plans to fix this in the coming weeks, but what are you doing to handle poor WiFi in your office and even at home?
Cox Cable boasts “panoramic” WiFi, but that’s simply code for “we spent a little more on making a WiFi modem.” But they’re missing the point.
The better way to cover your office or home is by deploying what is known as a “mesh wireless network.” It follows a similar concept to that of cell phone antennas, where you can drive long distances and not lose the call.
A mesh network consists of more than one wireless access point (AP) spread out across an office or home. But unlike WiFi repeaters, these AP’s use considerably better tech (backhaul) and also share a single WiFi name.
In other words, you are placing 2-3 small WiFi antennas across your office or home. As you move from room to room, you are seamlessly handed off to the closest wireless access point.
In a residential focus, these mesh wireless devices have one base point and smaller “satellite” points to be placed around the home. All operating wirelessly.
We do something similar in an office setting by placing wired radios on the ceiling in optimal locations.
The point is… there are easy ways for you to eradicate spotty WiFi zones. And if you need help planning or even deploying something like this, we can help! I personally love this stuff, so for real… let us know!
