Large-scale distributed WiFi · Designed, installed, operated

WiFi built for
a crowd.

Stadiums, apartment and condo communities, campuses, downtown districts and festival grounds. We design, install and run wireless networks that stay fast when everyone connects at once.

Plan my venue See the specs
  • WiFi 7tri-band radios
  • 1,500+devices per radio
  • 10 GbEto every access point
  • 24/7NOC in Pensacola
Stadium WiFi coverage diagramA stadium bowl ringed by sector radios, each beaming coverage onto its seating section, fed by a 10 GbE fiber ring. SECTOR RADIO45° beam · 1,500+ devices 10 GbE FIBER RINGredundant uplink per radio LOWER BOWL · SEC 112capacity planned per seat 16/16 SECTIONS ONLINE8 radios · fiber ring healthy
Sector radios on the rim, one per seating section, fed by a 10 GbE fiber ring.

The problem

Ordinary WiFi fails exactly when it matters.

Density

Ten thousand phones in one seating bowl, or two hundred units sharing a courtyard, overwhelm radios built for an office. Capacity has to be engineered per seat and per unit, not guessed.

Distance & weather

Parking decks, pool areas, docks and open fields need sealed outdoor radios, shaped coverage and real backhaul. A ceiling unit on a pole is not an outdoor network.

Movement

People walk. Sessions have to hand off cleanly across hundreds of radios without dropping a call, a stream or a payment terminal.

Where we build

Four kinds of venue, one discipline.

Stadiums & arenas

Every seat, every section, full bars at halftime.

Narrow-beam sector radios aimed at the bowl, concourse coverage for concessions and ticketing, and separate networks for operations, media, point-of-sale and fans. Designed from your seating chart, verified on site.

Apartment, condo & MDU communities

Property-wide WiFi residents never have to set up.

One managed network across every building, with a private network per unit, coverage in clubhouses, pools, gyms and garages, and resident onboarding handled by us. Offer it as an included amenity or as a resident subscription.

Outdoor & high-density public spaces

Downtowns, parks, marinas, campuses and festival grounds.

Weather-sealed radios on poles and rooftops, backhaul over fiber or our own fixed-wireless backbone, and capacity planned for the busiest hour of the year, not the average Tuesday.

Hotels, resorts & campuses

Guest, staff and building systems on one managed fabric.

Branded guest access, secure staff and back-office networks, and room for door locks, cameras and sensors, all on hardware that fades into the architecture.

How it works

From floor plan to a network we watch for you.

  1. 01

    Survey & RF design

    We walk the site, model it in radio-planning software and produce predictive heat maps with capacity per seat, per unit or per acre. You see the design before anything is ordered.

  2. 02

    Backhaul

    Fiber where it exists, our own fixed-wireless backbone where it does not. Multi-gigabit links to every radio location and a core sized for the peak, not the average.

  3. 03

    Install

    Sealed outdoor radios, structured cabling, PoE++ power and surge protection, mounted by our own crews on poles, parapets, catwalks and ceilings.

  4. 04

    Tune & launch

    Channel plan, band steering, roaming thresholds, separate networks for guests, staff, systems and point-of-sale, and a branded sign-on page if you want one. Load-tested before opening day.

  5. 05

    Operate

    Our 24/7 network operations center watches every radio, pushes firmware, answers your staff and expands the network as the venue grows. One number for everything.

Predictive coverage heat map of an apartment communitySite plan with five buildings, clubhouse, pool and parking; radio locations and their overlapping coverage shown as a heat map. BLDG A BLDG B BLDG C CLUBHOUSE BLDG D BLDG E BLDG F POOL GYM PREDICTIVE COVERAGE 18 RADIOS · 7 BUILDINGS · AMENITY AREAS COVERED
Designed on paper first. Every project starts as a predictive coverage model like this one, built from your site plan, so radio count, placement and backhaul are settled before anything is ordered.

What goes on the pole

Enterprise radios, specified for density.

Current-generation hardware across the whole build, chosen for the venue rather than the catalog. Representative figures for the radio classes we deploy:

SEALED HOUSING · IP67 POLE · WALL · CEILING MOUNT 10 GbE UPLINK+ redundant GbE for failover PoE++ POWEREDone cable per radio location TRI-BAND RADIOS2.4 · 5 · 6 GHz · WiFi 7 12 SPATIAL STREAMS1,500+ devices per radio 45° SECTOR OPTIONnarrow beam for seating bowls
Representative high-density radio. Every port, seal and band on this drawing is standard on the units we deploy.
Radio standard
WiFi 7 (802.11be), tri-band 2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz, channels up to 320 MHz wide, backward compatible with every device in the crowd.
Capacity
1,500+ concurrent devices per high-density radio; 500+ on standard ceiling units. Up to 12 spatial streams per band on stadium-class radios.
Throughput
Multi-gigabit per radio: up to 8.6 Gbps on 5 GHz and 5.8 Gbps on 6 GHz under WiFi 7.
Backhaul & power
10 GbE uplink per radio with a redundant port for failover. PoE++ powered, so a radio location needs one cable.
Outdoor rating
IP67 sealed enclosures, surge protected, rated for operation from −22 °F to 140 °F.
Coverage shaping
Narrow-beam sector antennas down to 45° × 45° for seating bowls and long throws; up to 5,000 sq ft of open space per outdoor radio.
Density rule
In packed indoor spaces we plan one radio per roughly 1,000 sq ft, then validate with a live survey.
Management
One console for the whole venue. Network and VLAN changes reach every radio at once, roaming is seamless, and coverage is visualized live.

After the install

One number. Our engineers.

Build-and-hand-over, or fully managed. Most venues choose managed: our Pensacola network operations center monitors every radio around the clock, our help desk answers your staff, and a flat monthly rate covers monitoring, maintenance and firmware. Real service levels, written down.

  • 24/7 monitoring and alerting from our own operations center
  • Firmware, security updates and configuration changes handled for you
  • Capacity reviews before your biggest events and seasons
  • Expansion priced in advance, so growth is a work order, not a project

Questions

Straight answers before the first call.

How big a venue can you cover?

From a single apartment building to a stadium. Our radio classes are rated for 500 to 1,500+ concurrent devices each, and the design scales by adding radios and 10 GbE backhaul, so there is no practical ceiling for a single managed network.

Do you install outdoors?

Yes. Pool decks, parking structures, marinas, parks, downtown blocks and festival grounds use weather-sealed, surge-protected radios rated for extreme temperatures, mounted on poles, rooftops and parapets by our own crews.

Can residents get their own private network?

Yes. In apartment, condo and MDU communities every unit gets its own private network on the shared infrastructure, so residents arrive to working WiFi with no equipment to buy and nothing to configure. The property can offer it as an included amenity or as a resident subscription.

What happens after the install?

Either we hand the network over fully documented, or, as most venues choose, our 24/7 network operations center in Pensacola monitors every radio, handles firmware and changes, and answers your staff under a flat monthly rate with written service levels.

How long does a project take?

A predictive design from your site plan takes days, not weeks. Install time depends on cabling and mounting, from a few days for a single property to a phased schedule for a stadium that works around the event calendar.

Start here

Tell us about the venue.

Seating capacity, number of units, acreage, a floor plan, anything you have. We will come back with questions and a first-pass design approach, not a brochure.

Prefer to talk? (850) 969-0930 or toll-free (888) 3-NETCOM
info@net-com.com

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