Most business owners underestimate the importance of network strength for their businesses. However, that shouldn’t be the case. On-site network strength significantly affects customer experience, business operations, and even employee productivity.
Fading signals in your business space can be a hidden cause for your not profiting as much as you should. However, knowing the reasons for weak signal strength can help you address the problems efficiently.
For some causes, you can make adjustments and improve the signal strength. For others, becoming independent from an external signal source by installing DAS is a highly recommended solution.
Let’s see 5 common reasons for bad signal strength in your business space and how to fix them.
Reasons for Poor Signals Indoors
Here we’ll discuss the most common reasons why buildings usually have poor network strength. These can, however, vary for different buildings. If you want to know the specific reason why your building has weak signals, it’s best to call experts for an inspection.
That said, let’s have a look at the common reasons for the issue at hand.
Building Material
Cellular signals can’t pass through physical materials, such as glass, concrete, woodwork, etc., easily.
That’s one of the most common reasons why buildings have spotty signal strengths. Signals struggle to get through these and bond with mobile devices. This is also a common reason why closed spaces like parkings and basements almost never receive signals from external towers.
There are so many layers of materials that are barriers to smooth signal flow.
If you’re planning a renovation, consider making changes that are less restrictive to signals. However, installing DAS and getting rid of the problem from scratch can be a more reasonable solution.
Building’s Distance from the Tower
Distance from the tower can significantly impact the signal strength on the indoors.
What if you are near a tower but in a crowded area?
If an area has many buildings, getting powerful signals indoors will be a challenge. Because even with lesser distance, there’s just too many hindrances for signals to penetrate the indoors at full strength. On the outdoors, it wouldn’t be an issue but communication inside the building becomes really challenging.
Imagine your staff members or customers having to go out every time they get a call – negative impact on the business, right?
Outdoor Terrain
What sort of terrain your building is located in can also play a crucial role in signal strength.
For example, if you are in a hilly area, even a tower within a few kilometers range can be ineffective at delivering high-strength signals.
If you are located in rough terrain or there are hindrances nearby, chances are high that your business indoor space will have weak signals. Also, areas with lots of trees can also weaken signals in your indoor spaces.
Network Congestion
This isn’t an issue usually but can very likely be the reason why your business space gets weak signals.
Generally, it happens when a certain area receives more mobile users than the towers there can handle. For example, a concert nearby or a sports event – if these seldom happen, then you shouldn’t worry. But if it’s a common occurrence, you should consider becoming independent from outside network towers.
Weather Conditions
Weather can play a role in why your business space gets weak signals.
Rough weather conditions will likely cause connectivity issues in your business space. There’s not much that you can do if your sole dependence for signals is on external towers. However, powering your building with DAS ensures that you are always connected without disruptions.
Conclusion
The reasons highlighted above, combined with the rising number of mobile users, can make it challenging for businesses to rely on outdoor towers if they want seamless communication.
Installing in-building wireless solutions such as DAS frees you from this dependence and gives you the ability to stay connected 24/7. Whether you operate in the hospitality sector, education, healthcare, entertainment, or any other, stable and reliable internet is a must if you have to scale.
DAS is the future of the Internet and the recent involvement of NVIDIA in the 5G space with T-Mobile, Ericsson, and Nokia only highlights the unlimited possibilities for the future. Only a matter of time before AI internet becomes a norm. And early movers will surely have more advantages than late adopters.
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