Why does your network last longer with Wifirst?

Like all technologies, WiFi evolves rapidly. As a result, the latest standard in use today will certainly not be the best in 5 years' time. Choosing WiFi-as-a-service from Wifirst means combating against this programmed obsolescence.  Let us tell you why!

The “as a service” approach: Building a long-term partnership

As a WaaS (WiFi as a Service) provider, we don't sell hardware, but offer a turnkey service with commitments to quality, availability and scalability over the long term. The fact that Wifirst is not remunerated “per installed terminal” protects our customers. Our only interest lies in the quality of our service over the long term.

In this sense, we don't push our customers to purchase new equipment, but rather let them benefit from innovations developed over time - updates to bandwidth management algorithms, upgrades to the customer extranet, new after-sales service channels and support languages, improved versions of our network supervision and topology tools, and so on.

In other words, as long as the equipment has no functional limitations, we do our utmost to make it last. This approach enables us to offer high-performance, long-lasting multiservice WiFi that meets our customers' needs and budgets.

To extend your network's lifespan, diligent care is essential 

The key to our solution lies in the advice we provide to our customers (helping them to plan for the next 10 years) and in the ultra-precise design of the network.

Indeed, it's the quality of the initial WiFi deployment that will determine the success of a project and customer satisfaction over the long term. This starts with a coverage audit.

A WiFi expert studies the propagation of WiFi waves using a precise and comprehensive proprietary audit methodology. Once the network is deployed, we leverage technological innovation to ensure it remains effective over time.

We have integrated artificial intelligence modules into all our supervision tools to anticipate and correct malfunctions. This approach truly enables us to optimise your network's performance over the long term.

Choosing a sustainable network also means supporting the energy transition 

Thanks to its innovative capabilities, Wifirst develops solutions with a controlled carbon impact. By pooling network infrastructures, we help our customers save not only on deployment and maintenance costs but also on energy consumption. Indeed, beyond the inherent benefits of a professional collective system, WiFi as a service also has the advantage of reducing the network's energy bill.

In the residential sector, for example, Wifirst frequently replaces competing systems that operate as consumer solutions—such as one individual box per home with no centralised system management. Given the recent rise in electricity costs, we estimate that the additional energy cost of a solution with individual boxes is £1.86 (excl. VAT) per month per home, compared to a shared managed solution. Yet another reason to choose Wifirst!