WiFi by square footage packages wireless LAN infrastructure — access points, switches, controllers, and ongoing management — into a per-square-foot subscription that simplifies procurement, eliminates refresh cycle complexity, and provides a predictable cost basis for enterprise wireless regardless of floor plan changes or density requirements.
Traditional enterprise WiFi procurement requires RF surveys, access point density calculations, switch sizing, controller licensing, and ongoing management — creating complexity that delays deployments and generates unpredictable total costs. Per-square-foot WiFi simplifies this into a single metric: square footage covered. RLM advises on WiFi subscription programs and the design standards that ensure per-square-foot pricing delivers adequate coverage and performance for your environment.
A structured advisory process — from environment assessment and carrier/vendor evaluation to deployment support and ongoing optimization.
We assess your WiFi coverage and performance requirements — documenting square footage by zone type (office, warehouse, outdoor), device density expectations, bandwidth-intensive applications, and the coverage SLA that determines the AP density needed.
We evaluate WiFi-by-square-footage programs — Aruba Central subscription, Cisco Meraki subscription, Cradlepoint, and carrier-managed WiFi programs — against your coverage requirements, management preferences, and the per-square-foot pricing that determines program economics.
We design the coverage zone architecture — mapping square footage to AP type requirements (indoor standard, high-density, outdoor, warehouse), identifying areas requiring specialized coverage solutions, and validating that square footage pricing delivers appropriate AP density.
We model subscription term length against technology refresh expectations — balancing lower per-year cost of longer terms against the technology currency risk of locking in at current-generation AP specifications.
The dimensions that separate high-performing mobility deployments from costly ones — and the questions RLM helps you answer before any commitment.
Per-square-foot pricing optimized for standard office density may under-provision high-density environments (conference centers, cafeterias, warehouses with handheld devices). Evaluate whether standard density assumptions match your actual environment.
Evaluate whether per-square-foot programs commit to specific performance SLAs — coverage signal strength, throughput minimums, availability — or simply commit to AP quantity, leaving performance unguaranteed.
Outdoor coverage and specialized environments (atriums, parking garages, warehouses with high rack density) often require different AP models and higher density than standard per-square-foot programs assume. Evaluate inclusion of specialized coverage in pricing.
WiFi technology generations (WiFi 5, WiFi 6, WiFi 6E) follow roughly 3-4 year cycles. Evaluate whether the subscription program upgrades AP hardware on a defined schedule and whether technology upgrades affect subscription pricing.
Subscription programs that include proprietary controllers or cloud management platforms create switching costs. Evaluate the exit terms, equipment return obligations, and network configuration portability if you transition providers.
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