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<div class="moz-text-html" lang="x-unicode"> Hello LMi.net Member!<br>
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Many people are working and schooling from home now and struggling
with WiFi setups that weren’t designed to support functions like
video calling, VPN, and the uploading and downloading of large
files. If your phone and video calls become choppy, VPN
connections drop, video playback buffers, and/or your internet
access is inconsistent, you might be experiencing WiFi issues. <br>
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Oftentimes, people assume this is an issue with their internet
connection itself. While sometimes this is true, it’s more often
an issue with how WiFi is distributed throughout the home. If
your router is centrally located in your home, and if your home is
relatively small (e.g. under 1,100 sq. ft.), a single router
generally works fine throughout the space. However, older homes
that have lath and plaster walls, multi-story homes, back
cottages, or homes where the router is located on one side of the
house are more likely to have issues, and usually require more
than one WiFi access point to provide sufficient coverage.<br>
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At LMi.net, we’ve been installing and troubleshooting home WiFi
systems for as long as WiFi has existed and we’ve become experts
in the subject. <br>
We’d like to share some tips so that you may have a less stressful
and more productive remote work/school experience. <br>
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Here is a basic guide to help determine if the issue involves your
upstream internet connection or your home WiFi setup:<br>
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If you’re experiencing the same issues throughout the entire
house, you may not have enough internet bandwidth available for
your needs. Please call our Technical Support department to take a
look at your line. We may be able to tweak it to get more
bandwidth. Or, there may be a problem with the wires leading to
your house or your inside wiring that we may be able to resolve.
In unfortunate cases, you may be in an area where our fiber optic
internet is not available, and you’re too far from the central
switching station for a speedy internet connection.<br>
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Or, if issues only occur for devices that are located far from
your router, then it’s likely you have a home WiFi issue. Here are
two options:<br>
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<p><b>Purchase and install WiFi repeaters/boosters</b></p>
There are a variety of inexpensive WiFi repeaters available.
However, they are generally unreliable and don’t meet the needs of
homes with multiple devices accessing the internet. For small
homes or apartments, repeaters may resolve the problem if they are
placed in a location where there is already a good WiFi signal,
which may not be the area where you need improved connectivity. A
repeater works best if it’s connected directly to the main router
via an Ethernet cable.<br>
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<b>Sign up with LMi’s </b><b><a
href="https://www.lmi.net/services/always-on-wifi/">Always on
WiFi </a></b><b>service</b><br>
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LMi has been providing a guaranteed home WiFi system called Always
on WiFi (AOW) for about four years now. It’s based on much of the
same technology that’s used to power large office networks, and is
built using the Ubiquiti UniFi network hardware and controller
system, which we host in our datacenter in Berkeley.<br>
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We install a series of access points strategically in the home to
provide the best coverage. If possible, and for a wiring
installation fee, we install Ethernet wires inside the home to
connect the WiFi access points directly to your router. These
direct Ethernet connections can add a valuable infrastructure
improvement to your home. We can also run additional Ethernet
cables for devices like a TV or a desktop computer. In many cases
though, we use the wireless mesh/uplinks and these work well.
There’s no installation fee for AOW if no Ethernet wiring is
installed.<br>
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Pricing for the UniFi hardware is on par with the consumer grade
solutions from Amazon and Google, but the quality and performance
is far superior.<br>
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Technical support is included in our AOW monthly fee. Having our
technicians available to remotely diagnose and solve WiFi issues
quickly is the reason this service has been so successful over the
years.<br>
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Please visit <a
href="https://www.lmi.net/services/always-on-wifi/">https://www.lmi.net/services/always-on-wifi
</a>to learn more. <br>
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We hope you found this information helpful. If you’d like to learn
more about Always on WiFi for your home or company, please reply
to this email or call us at 510-843-6389, extension 2 and we’ll be
happy to discuss your options.<br>
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Thank you and take good care,<br>
<a href="https://www.lmi.net/">LMi.net</a><br>
510-843-6389<br>
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