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Property and Service StrategyOwner, resident, and property strategy articles about tenant internet, revenue potential, amenity value, and service positioning.
Why Property Owners Should Take Responsibility for Tenants’ Internet Experience
In today’s digital age, high-quality internet access is a necessity, not a luxury. Yet many tenants are left with frustratingly poor options due to property owners’ indecision. As the demand for reliable connectivity grows, property owners must recognize the opportunity to enhance tenant satisfaction and property value. By investing in robust internet infrastructure, owners can…
From Necessity to Competitive Edge: The Growing Importance of Reliable Internet in Apartment Buildings
Aditum’s Founder and CEO shares his thoughts on the growing need for reliable internet in apartment buildings. …By offering even “just above average” internet services, apartment building owners can enhance tenant attraction and retention rates. In today’s highly competitive rental market, a reliable and high-speed internet connection has become one of the top amenities tenants…
Can a Landlord provide great communications and make money from it too?
Make A Connection That Matters
Most U.S. tenants have either one or zero choices when it comes to high-speed broadband providers in their area. As we all face this unprecedented situation together, my thoughts are with you during these uncertain times. The economic impacts of COVID-19 are already shaping up to be significant for every industry but few more rapidly
Love/Hate Relationship with Your In-Building Connectivity Connection?
You don’t need to be a digital native to know the implications of swiping LEFT or RIGHT. If the Internet widened the dating pool, it also muddied the waters In an increasingly tech-driven world, building connectivity is becoming among the most important considerations for commercial and residential tenants when selecting space. As a matter of
Broadband Isn’t An Amenity – It’s Infrastructure
As more and more critical functions of daily life move online, “there are two major roadblocks that prevent residents from fully participating in the 21st century society: insufficient access to a broadband network, and insufficient adoption of broadband where it is available,” explained Brian Higgins, founder & CEO Aditum. Last July, the Benton Foundation announced a comprehensive, year-long review leading to
Technical Planning and DeploymentTechnical articles covering deployment models, infrastructure, routers, Wi-Fi, bandwidth behavior, static IPs, and platform architecture.
Why Managed Wi-Fi Solutions Are Not the Best Fit for Apartment Complexes: A Closer Look at the Technical and Legal Drawbacks
Discover why managed Wi-Fi solutions may not be ideal for apartment complexes due to technical, operational, and legal issues. Aditum Connect offers a superior alternative with private wired connections, simple installation, enhanced security, device compatibility, and legal compliance. Explore more to know why Aditum Connect stands out.
Zero Touch Enhanced Connectivity Options
Aditum announced new connectivity options and new Zero Touch Model availability.
Securing Broadband Infrastructure for Residential & Commercial Real Estate
Now More Than Ever, Commercial Real Estate Needs To Develop Broadband Strategy Across the country, every residential and commercial real estate executive knows every tenant has a list of non-negotiable features and amenities that apply when looking for space. Now, due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the availability of secure high-capacity broadband Internet in residential, commercial and
Will 5G Wireless Be the Answer for Tenant Internet?
As Verizon launches it’s fifth-generation (5G) wireless service in a few small markets this week, it is a good question to ask whether 5G could ultimately provide internet connectivity to every device, including those that are now wired. If 5G can completely replace the need for wired internet, building owners could simply rely on the
Think You Want Wi-Fi for Multi-Tenant Spaces? Read This First
In today’s mobile world, many people would choose wireless over wired internet connections. Often, however, wireless is less efficient and more difficult to manage correctly, making a wired connection a far superior choice for internet connections in multi-tenant environments. Utilizing the Aditum Internet Management System gives property owners and building managers precise control over services
Aditum Introduces “Zero-Touch” Routers for its Multiple Dwelling Unit Internet Access Service
The new devices program themselves automatically upon connection, freeing partners from that time-consuming task. Updated firmware due in June will equip the routers to provide securely segregated Wi-Fi connectivity in public spaces as well.
Policy and Market TrendsRegulatory, market, and industry-trend articles that affect how property owners and partners think about building internet service.
California AB 1414 Internet Opt-Out for Property Owners
California AB 1414 gives tenants opt-out rights for certain third-party bulk internet charges. See what property owners should review and how owner-operated internet changes the risk.
Net Neutrality’s Repeal Has Created Opportunity for You
The repeal of “net neutrality”, the rules that prevented internet providers from blocking, throttling, or prioritizing content, is now official. The Federal Communications Commission’s repeal of the rules took effect in June 2018. The repeal of net neutrality most likely will create conditions that irritate consumers, notably the tech-savvy consumers that are your best tenants.
Net Neutrality Again
The future of consumer internet is uncertain once again. The Federal Communications Commission announced plans to vote for repeal of net neutrality rules on December 14th. Without net neutrality, regulations that require the equal treatment of all internet traffic, data carriers that also produce content, like Comcast, owners of Universal Studios and NBC, might find
MDU Internet Bulk-Billing and Exclusivity Practices Under Scrutiny
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors recently passed an ordinance requiring MDU owners to provide tenants with a choice of internet service providers. This first-in-the-nation ordinance is a direct challenge to the widespread practice where building owners offer building-wide exclusivity to internet service providers. The providers, in exchange, typically offer marketing or other fees paid back
Disappointed with the Cancellation of Google Fiber?
Google announced this week they are ‘pausing’ their fiber options in ten cities, laying off staff, and putting a halt on any future development of the Google Fiber network. Google will continue to provide service in cities where it is already operating. Google’s ambitious plan with Google Fiber was to bring high speed internet service
Maximize ROI and Leverage New Proposed HUD Broadband Requirements with Aditum IMS
The U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) recently proposed a new rule that requires the installation of broadband infrastructure during the construction or substantial renovation of most HUD-financed multifamily housing. “Recognizing that it is generally easier and cheaper to install the necessary technology for high-speed internet at the time of construction, HUD is
Partner and Channel StrategyArticles for dealers, MSPs, integrators, and channel partners evaluating building-wide internet as a recurring service opportunity.
Gigabit Broadband Infrastructure for Legacy Multi-Tenant Environments with Aditum-Technity Solutions Partnership
Aditum and Technity deployments offer owners/operators alternative tools to unify tenant broadband in legacy mulit-tenant environments. Technity’s Gigiwire and Aditum IMS solution creates a single platform to manage/control the growing number of Internet connected technologies AND provide an amenity tenants demand: Internet.
What Building Owners Need to Know First About Aditum
How should an Aditum dealer approach a building owner about the benefits of reselling internet? There is more than one way to begin a conversation, but there are some basics that must be covered at some point, and the earlier the better. Building owners will first need to understand why internet service through Aditum is
Dealer Success Selling Aditum
Dealers need to understand how building owners approach the idea of reselling internet services with Aditum. Building owners don’t know there is an option for internet services. Building owners might be uncertain about this new type of service and the companies they will work with in this case. They’ve probably never really dealt with professional
Multi-Dwelling Opportunities for Internet Managed Services
IMS provider Aditum offers channel partners a platform for MDU environments that enables landlords to resell Internet service to tenants. By Michael Siggins
Support and OperationsOperational articles about support, availability, account behavior, and keeping the service manageable after deployment.
What Happens to Aditum During a Cloud Outage?
Yesterday’s big Amazon Web Services (AWS) outage highlights one of the perils of relying too much on a simplistic public cloud strategy. While the root cause of the outage has not yet been publicly announced by AWS, many internet-based businesses found their sites down, rendered unusable as storage relegated to AWS was unavailable, or suffering
End User Support, Simplified
It’s sometimes assumed that managing multi-tenant internet services and support can be tedious and time-consuming. Aditum’s IMS platform is changing the game. Aditum’s cloud-hosted management portal can be accessed from any web browser and provides all the tools and real-time information needed to easily and efficiently view and troubleshoot each property as well as each
Aditum announces move to Microsoft Azure cloud for its Multi-Tenant Internet Management Service
Norwalk, CT – Aditum announced today that it has upgraded the infrastructure running its Multi-Tenant Broadband Internet Management Service, and effective April 3, 2015 is now running within the Microsoft Azure cloud. Company officials are pleased that with this upgrade, their system will be able to more rapidly scale to meet growth and offers geographic
Press, Events, and Company NewsPress mentions, partner features, event coverage, product announcements, and company updates.
Globe Street CRE tech influencers of the year
Aditum’s founder and CEO, Brian Higgins, has been named as a GlobeSt.com “CRE Tech Influencer of the Year” for 2021. This award showcases how critical tech is for modern landlords to remain competitive in a rapidly evolving market. Read on to see who else is on their list of CRE tech influencers for 2021. GlobeSt. Real Estate Forum
Datum Consulting brings Broadband to sustainable multi-family housing in Milwaukee WI
Aditum’s Premier Partner Datum Consulting located in Milwaukee WI was recently featured by Connected Real Estate Magazine, click the link below to see the article about their sustainable low carbon footprint multi-family housing projects with Dominion Properties, bringing competitive broadband to the residents of their properties. http://magazine.connectedremag.com/publication/?m=54436&i=692614&p=53&pp=1
Broadband Communities October Property of the Month
Aditum’s Platinum Partner Commercial Connectivity Services located in Southern California was recently featured as Broadband Communities Property of the Month, click the link below to learn about this project located in Los Angeles California. This is one of many similar buildings in the Los Angeles market, one of the fastest growing regions of the country
Connected with Laurie
Laurie Caruso interviews Brian Higgins, CEO of Aditum. Learn how in a Post Pandemic World CRE Needs Greater Connectivity and how to have reliable internet service through a pandemic.
Westfair Communications interviews CEO Brian Higgins
View the article here: https://westfaironline.com/126297/brian-higgins-helps-landlords-generate-revenue-via-internet-offerings-to-their-tenants/
Connected Real Estate Summit (CRES) 2020