(a) Guide
Internet for a new business location
The connectivity question should be answered before the lease is signed, not after the fit-out starts.
Check availability before you sign
Two units in the same building can have different options, and a site that needs construction to reach fibre can add weeks to an opening date. An address check before signing costs nothing and occasionally changes which unit a business takes — or gives you something to negotiate with the landlord about.
Order earlier than feels necessary
Where infrastructure already reaches the building, commercial installs often complete in days. Where it does not, the timeline stretches. Ordering as soon as the lease is signed means the circuit is ready for the fit-out rather than the fit-out waiting on the circuit — and it leaves room for a temporary path if construction runs long.
Sequence the trades in the right order
- Agree the rack or comms cupboard location early with the contractor
- Run structured cabling before walls and ceilings close
- Place access points against the final floor plan, not the sketch
- Set up phone numbers and porting in parallel with the install
- Test payments, phones, cameras and guest access before opening day
Opening day should be boring
Everything that touches the connection — registers, phones, cameras, cloud apps, guest Wi-Fi — should be tested under something resembling real load a week before you open, with someone accountable for fixing what fails. That is the difference between a soft launch and a scramble.
Commercial service only · United States