Your Entertainment & Productivity Need a Strong Home Network

Get a Home Network That’s Reliable, Fast, and Keeps Every Room Connected 

Has this happened to you? You’re about to join a Zoom or Teams call in the home office, and suddenly, your call freezes, halting the conversation for everybody. Embarrassed, you try toggling the Wi-Fi on and off, then head to restart the router. You wonder with frustration, why does this keep happening?

Or maybe you’ve set up an entertainment system in a back room or attic space but can hardly receive a signal. Music cuts in and out of speakers, and you can’t get Netflix or Hulu to load clearly. 

If your Birmingham, AL, house is greater than 2,000 square feet, relying on a standard router alone won’t cut it. In our ever-connected lives, your household’s entertainment, communication, and even work depend on a reliable internet connection.

Learn how a professional home network installation can take these issues away from you and ensure all your devices work seamlessly when you need them. 

What’s Slowing Down My Network? 

Many factors could contribute to a poor network connection, including the following contributors:  

Too Many High-Bandwidth Activities 

If your family is streaming video (especially in HD or 4K), gaming online, or sending large files for work, that’s putting a lot of strain on your router. Computer backups, downloads, and device updates also require a lot of bandwidth, so you can expect slower performance if you have many people in the house doing these things. 

Too Many Devices & Users 

When you have computers, phones, TVs, and smart devices all trying to connect to the router, they’re all fighting for the right to send and receive data. Once there’s a collision between devices, it will stall the system, and you may have to restart it. 

Distance & Interference 

802.11ac wireless networks, or Wi-Fi 5, have a 115 ft range indoors. Are you trying to cover more ground than that? Your home’s walls could also interfere with signals, as brick, glass, concrete, and other materials prevent Wi-Fi frequencies from passing through. 

 

How to Fix Your Network 

We understand—you don’t have time to fiddle with the router and wires whenever something goes wrong. Let us upgrade your network with the following solutions. 

 

Upgrade Bandwidth 

If you’re currently using a basic internet plan, see if you can purchase more bandwidth from your internet service provider. This can help with slow downloads and streaming, but can’t fix Wi-Fi dead zones. Already have the most bandwidth? There’s probably another issue causing Wi-Fi disruptions. 

Extend Wi-Fi Further 

Eliminate Wi-Fi drop-offs by extending your network through wireless access points. These are wired to your network and rebroadcast the signal in new areas. Weatherproof access points exist, so we can spread Wi-Fi into the outdoors, too! 

Combine Wired with Wi-Fi 

Ethernet cables may seem old-fashioned, but they’re often the smartest way to get reliable internet connection. If your work computer or home theater needs consistent connectivity, consider wiring it to the network. 

Upgrade Network Hardware

Are you still using a router from five or even ten years ago? That could be a major culprit in slowing down your network. Upgrade to a Wi-Fi 6 router, which spreads signals farther and communicates with more devices simultaneously. And for larger estates and homes, you may benefit from enterprise-grade network equipment, which is built strong enough to support stores, offices, and schools at higher speeds. 

 

Upgrade Your Birmingham Home Network with Connect 

You don’t have to play a guessing game to determine your network’s problem and solution. Connect can handle it all for you! Contact us here to learn more about our home network installations in Birmingham, AL.