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Managed Wi-Fi for Existing Multifamily Buildings

What It Is.
How It Works.
What You Earn.

This page explains Managed Wi-Fi from the ground up for owners and operators who have never seen the system. What it replaces, how it gets installed, and what the property looks like on the other side.

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Class A and market-rate multifamily • 100+ units • Existing buildings • 48 US states

F5 F4 F3 F2 F1 MDF Property Owned ISP UPLINK Access Point IDF Closet Backbone
$0
Property internet revenue
in the traditional model
Day 1
Residents connected
with no technician required
6-8 wks
Typical agreement
to go-live timeline
What It Actually Is

Internet Has Always Been a Service Every Resident Buys.
Managed Wi-Fi Makes It One the Property Sells.

Right now, every resident contracts with a separate ISP. They pay that ISP every month. The property earns nothing, controls nothing, and handles complaints about a service it has no authority over. Managed Wi-Fi restructures this entirely.

Today Resident-Selected Internet
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Each resident picks their own ISP and signs their own contract
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A modem ships to every unit. Coverage stops at the apartment wall.
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The ISP serves its customer, not your property. Your staff are the middleman.
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Staff field complaints they cannot resolve and chase vendors they cannot compel
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The property earns nothing from a service every resident buys every month
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No documented infrastructure asset at disposition
$0
Property internet revenue. Every dollar goes to the ISP. You earn nothing from a mandatory expense.
With Skyrise Wi-Fi Property-Managed Network
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One property-owned network covers every unit and every common area
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Each resident gets a dedicated private network. Coverage throughout the unit and building.
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Skyrise Wi-Fi is accountable to the property and handles all resident support directly
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Your staff have one reference number. That is their entire involvement.
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Internet is billed as a monthly technology fee. Revenue flows to the property.
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Permanent property asset. Adds to building value at disposition.
$52/unit/mo
Net recurring revenue per unit after operations fee. Structured as a long-term building asset.

A 300-unit property at $52 net per unit per month generates $187,200 in annual NOI and over $3.4M in added asset value at a 5.5% cap rate. Internet stops being an unmanaged resident expense and becomes a property-controlled revenue system.

How It Works

From Your First Conversation to a Property That Earns Internet Revenue.

Five steps. Start to finish. What we do, what happens in your building, and what the property looks like when it is complete.

01
01
Assessment

We Evaluate Your Building Before Any Work Begins

We walk the property and review existing cabling, IDF and MDF closets, conduit paths, and ISP entry points. Most properties built around 2010 or later are compatible with minor or no modification. Nothing moves forward until you have a complete written scope, cost, and timeline.

No cost incurred and no work begins until you sign off on the full scope
Existing ISP agreements reviewed and transition approach confirmed
Access point layout designed for full unit and common area coverage
Weeks 1-2
Evaluation Checklist In Progress
IDF closets located and documented
Cat6 infrastructure assessed
ISP entry point confirmed
Conduit paths identified
AP placement layout drafted
Installation scheduled pending approval
02
02
Installation

Access Points Go In. Existing Internet Stays On.

Small access point devices are mounted in corridors or above unit doors on each floor, cabled to the IDF closet on that floor. No walls are opened. No resident loses internet at any point. Work is phased floor by floor around your occupancy calendar.

No walls opened. Standard low-voltage hardware on existing surfaces.
Existing ISP service stays active on every floor throughout all phases
Each floor confirmed live on the managed network before technicians advance
Typically three to five weeks depending on building size
Weeks 3-6
What Gets Installed Floor View
AP
Cat6 to IDF closet
Existing internet stays active throughout installation
03
03
Go-Live

Residents Connect on Day One. No Technician Required.

Before go-live, credentials are delivered to every resident. When they move in or when the system activates, they connect immediately. No ISP call. No appointment. No setup. The network works from the moment they walk in.

Credentials delivered to every unit before the go-live date, not on the day
Residents connect with no technician, no equipment, no setup of any kind
Staff receive a one-page reference card. That is all they need.
Revenue collection begins at go-live
Week 7
Credential Delivery Go-Live
101
Connected
102
Connected
103
Connected
201
Connected
202
Pending
04
04
Revenue

Internet Becomes a Property Revenue Line.

Residents pay a monthly technology fee through rent or as a billed utility. The property captures that revenue. It is predictable, recurring, and tied to occupancy. A 300-unit property nets over $177,000 per year. That revenue flows to the property, not to a cable company.

$70 resident technology fee per unit per month
$18 operations fee covers bandwidth, monitoring, and direct support
$52 net to the property per occupied unit per month
Adds directly to NOI and asset valuation at every cap rate
300-Unit Revenue Model 95% Occupancy
Resident technology fee$70 / unit
Operations fee- $18
Net per unit / month$52
285 occupied unitsx 285
Annual NOI contribution$177,840
05
05
Ongoing Operations

We Run It. Your Staff Do Not Touch It.

Skyrise Wi-Fi monitors the network continuously, handles all resident support, and manages any performance issues. Your team has one number to give any resident who calls. That is their entire involvement from go-live forward.

24/7 proactive monitoring and issue resolution
All resident internet support handled directly by Skyrise Wi-Fi
Move-in and move-out provisioning managed centrally
Single SLA. One accountable partner.
After Go-Live: Who Handles What
Network monitoring and performance management
All resident internet support calls
Move-in credential delivery
Move-out deprovisioning
Hardware and signal issue resolution
Your staff: one support number to hand residents
$52
Net property revenue per unit
per month after operations fee
$177K+
Annual NOI contribution
on a 300-unit property
6-8 wks
Typical agreement to go-live.
Scheduled around your occupancy.
The Resident Experience

What Residents Experience Before and After.

The transition is invisible during installation. At go-live it is immediately better for every resident in the building.

Before Resident-Selected Internet
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Schedules an ISP technician, often one to two weeks after move-in
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Waits on a weekday for a setup window, may need to take time off work
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Coverage limited to the apartment from a single modem
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Calls the ISP when it fails, then calls the property when the ISP does not respond
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Must cancel service and return equipment at move-out
With Skyrise Wi-Fi Property-Managed Network
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Credentials arrive before move-in. Connect immediately, no appointment.
✓
No technician, no equipment, no setup of any kind required
✓
Private coverage throughout the unit and all common areas
✓
One support number. Calls Skyrise Wi-Fi directly, not the property.
✓
No ISP cancellation or equipment return at move-out
Questions Before Every Deal

Six Questions That Come Up in Every Conversation.

Direct answers. No softening.

No. Access points mount to existing surfaces using standard low-voltage hardware. No drywall work, no patching, no structural changes of any kind.
No. Existing ISP service stays active on every floor throughout installation. Each floor is confirmed live on the managed network before any prior service is discontinued. No resident loses connectivity at any point.
Where regulations require competitive access, existing providers are not removed. Skyrise Wi-Fi establishes the property-managed network as the standard service. Residents on existing contracts transition at their renewal or move-out.
Skyrise Wi-Fi directly. Your staff are not in the support chain at any point. They have one number to hand a resident who asks. That is their entire involvement after go-live.
A permanent building asset. The access points, cabling, and network infrastructure are property-owned and documented. The system adds to building value and appears as a documented asset at disposition.
The property owner funds the initial system as a capital investment. Hardware and installation are the primary upfront costs. Ongoing bandwidth, monitoring, and support are covered through the monthly operations fee. There is no zero-cost installation model.
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See What Managed Wi-Fi Can Do for Your Property

Share your property details and we will build a site-specific assessment including infrastructure overview, AP layout recommendation, and a revenue model for your unit count.

Assessment Includes
Infrastructure compatibility review, AP layout overview, NOI model for your unit count, and a transition timeline scoped to your occupancy calendar.
Response Time
A team member contacts you within one business day. The financial model is typically delivered the same day.
No Obligation
The recommendation is yours to keep. We move forward only when the scope and financial model make sense for your property and capital plan.

No obligation. Assessment delivered within 1 business day.

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