Category Archives: Products – Solutions

Inn at the Presidio

Expected Opening April 1st, 2012

The Inn at the Presidio offers 22 contemporary guest rooms – many with separate sitting rooms – in an historic setting. All guest reservations include a daily complimentary continental breakfast buffet and wine & cheese reception. Guest rooms at the hotel will be outfitted with the latest technology and amenities, in addition to gas fireplaces available in most rooms and all suites.
Guests may also enjoy relaxing at the outdoor patio with gas fire pit, on the porches, or in our lounge. The Inn at the Presidio is the only hotel in the historic Presidio of San Francisco and is minutes from hiking trails, golf course, ocean and bay beaches, and the Golden Gate Bridge

Wireless network design, installation and support by SF WiFi

Inn at the Presidio
Inn at the Presidio

More info:

http://innatthepresidio.com/

Apartment Wireless Solutions

Wireless Networking Solutions with SF WiFi: Hotel Wireless, Apartment Wireless and Wireless Hot Spot

Services including wireless design, installation and support. A wireless network will bring customers into a place of business and may lead them to choose one place of business over another. We can provide a simple wireless solution for Hotels, Apartment Buildings, Coffee Houses, Hospitality Wireless or any other application.

We begin with a FREE wireless site survey to understand the layout and coverage specifics of your location. We will then provide you a quote for equipment and installation costs. And of course we offer support after installation is complete.

We can boast that we have installed and support wireless systems in 6 of the top 25 ranked Trip Advisor hotels. We also have several apartment wireless clients in the bay area.

We also offer Hot Spot wireless installations and support. Hot Spot Gateway devices. 24/7 Support services

http://www.sf-wifi.com

Apartment Wireless

Apartment security camera solutions

Security Camera Installations and Support:

Wired and Wireless Security Camera solutions for the Apartment building. Network cameras allow you to keep an eye on the property and manage your resources anywhere, anytime. View systems remotely in real-time from any internet or mobile device. Video recording is also stored on DVR disk for later viewing.

Security camera solutions for: Apartments,  Restaurants, Warehouses, Offices, Parking lots, Hotels and more.

Features:
Indoor and outdoor solutions
View, record and manage advanced features from any Internet connection
DVR recording options: Always on, timed or motion detection. Simple playback.
Cameras: Dome, Pedestal and Bullet cameras. Wired or wireless.
Secure a greater area with pan and tilt controls side-to-side up-and-down

Wired and Wireless Security Cameras / Wireless Surveillance:
San Francisco Bay Area security camera

Security camera installation and support

About us: www.sf-wifi.com

Number of Wi-Fi Hotspots to Quadruple by 2015

Number of Wi-Fi Hotspots to Quadruple by 2015
By Mikael Ricknäs, IDG News    Nov 9, 2011

The number of public Wi-Fi hotspots is expected to increase by 350 percent in the next four years, as operators look for ways to offload traffic from their mobile networks, according to a report by market research company Informa Telecoms and Media.

By 2015 users around the world will be able to connect to 5.8 million public hotspots, Informa wrote in the “Global developments in public Wi-Fi” report, which was commissioned by Wireless Broadband Alliance. WBA members include AT&T, Boingo, Cisco Systems, Deutsche Telekom and Google. Its goal is to make Wi-Fi services easier to use.

http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221672/Number_of_Wi_Fi_hotspots_to_quadruple_by_2015

Wireless TV

AT&T’s U-Verse connects wirelessly to TVs
By The Associated Press
AT&T Inc.’s U-Verse TV service is going wireless — inside the home. Its new set-top boxes will use the home’s Wi-Fi to get their TV programming, with no need for a coaxial cable.
That means TV sets can be moved from room to room and still work.
“You could move your U-Verse to the patio for the football game if the weather’s nice or to the guest room if you have guests coming in,” said David Christopher, chief marketing officer.
That’s not really why AT&T developed it, though. The company was looking for a way to cut installation time and cost, Christopher said. With wireless boxes, installers won’t need to run cable or drill through walls.
U-Verse is delivered with Internet technology rather than standard cable technology. That makes it easier for AT&T to send the signal wirelessly. Other, smaller phone companies have used wireless set-top boxes for a few years.
The service uses standard Wi-Fi and has about the same range. The boxes will be available starting next week for a one-time fee of $49, plus the standard monthly $7 box rental fee. They’re made by Cisco Systems Inc.
A Wi-Fi hotspot can serve up to two set-top boxes wirelessly. A home can have two more set-top boxes, but they would have to be wired up, since the hotspot has limited capacity. All four could show high-definition programming simultaneously.
AT&T Inc. sells U-Verse in areas where it’s the local-phone company. It has 3.6 million TV subscribers, making it the eighth-largest pay-TV provider in the U.S.
SF WiFi has installed WiFi TV at a few properties. On a recent SF project we saw several streaming devices running from one access point:
(2) TV’s, (1) laptop, (2) iPhones, (1) iPad

Geeky TV

 We seldom blog about a TV show but Person of Interest has our attention. Person of Interest is an American drama television series broadcasting on CBS.

 Show summary: An ex-CIA hitman partners with a scientist to prevent crimes before they occur in this drama/action project from J.J. Abrams. The show provides glimpses of advanced surveillance systems and high-tech configurations.

 Surveillance camera systems are prevalent in each episode. Systems that are wired, wireless, live remote view, hacked into, basically all the features currently available…and some features or deployments that are not. Or lets just say we see some artistic license in the features of the security cameras systems. 

My geeky side does enjoy looking at the surveillance and other high tech configurations and capabilities the show deploys. 

Person of Interest – we are watching!

Home Wireless Solutions

SF WiFi serves customers in the hospitality, SMB, and hotspot markets. But what about home office wireless solutions? SF WiFi is pleased to officially announce we now support the home wireless market. We have found many commonalities among the demands of our industrial, hospitality, and residential clients. Therefore it only stands to reason that we expand our support to include homeowners.

Common Client Specifics:

  1. Wireless signal drops out at various rooms in the house.
  2. Client works from home and needs wireless signal delivered throughout the property versus having it delivered to only one or two rooms.
  3. Limited access to run new Cat 5 cables.
  4. Residents use three or more wireless devices, laptops, printers, PDA’s, iDevice docking station concurrently.
  5. Multiple complications arise in interior coverage issues artificially created by the residences’ interior walls, tiles, mirrors, granite, multiple floors, etc.
  6. A friend is a wiz with computers and has rigged a not so inexpensive network solution which only works like my brother in law – sporadically. (Okay, I threw that one in. But does it sound sadly familiar?)

Monster Home to Happy Home:

SF WiFi has serviced homes in San Francisco and the Peninsula that did not receive quality signal coverage. The owners had spent time and hundreds of dollars outfitting their homes with inefficient wireless equipment. We’ve heard it all from trying numerous repeaters, running bits of cable, and moving access points. They’ve basically have tried everything short of wiring up the kitchen sink. Needless to say, none of these methods provided a reliable solution. We admit, clients always seem skeptical when they first meet us. Their usual cry for help is, “We’ve tried everything.” But after working with us we usually hear “Why didn’t I call you sooner!”

 Process:

As a special service SF WiFi provides a free site survey to all our customers. We have found this survey helps us determine signal coverage, design access point placement, and client application needs while at the same time saves the client money. We then submit a proposal outlining our design, equipment, and installation costs.

 Final Note:

What are you really looking for in a wireless network? If it’s great coverage, reliability, stable throughput, no dropouts, and ease of use then join the long list of customers SF WiFi has satisfied over the years. Our success rate is 100%–just ask us for our referrals. We can provide your happy home a reliable wireless network so you can get the work done while listening to Pandora by the patio pool.

Project: Parker Guest House wireless

The Parker Guest House is the top rated bed and breakfast accommodation in San Francisco’s Castro/Noe Valley and Mission Dolores Districts.
The Parker House commissioned SF WiFi to design and install their new wireless network. This project entails saturating the property with signal for guest rooms, common areas, dining areas and outdoor gardens. Our wireless solution provides superior coverage, ease of use management features to seamlessly support today’s mobile user. SF WiFi specializes in hospitality wireless solutions and has designed, installed and supports wireless in 6 of the top 25 Bay Area TripAdvisor ranked hotels.
Property:
Two 1909 Edwardian mini-mansions with 21 guest rooms and extensive gardens located in San Francisco’s vibrant Castro District.
Outdoor area

Outdoor area