Construction-aware RF survey.
Coverage is planned against what the building is actually made of — plaster on lath, brick party walls, concrete slabs, glass partitions — from your floor plan or an on-site walkthrough, not a generic template.
WiFi installation in New York City.
ShiftCTRL designs and installs business-grade WiFi across the five boroughs — access-point placement planned against the building’s real construction, installed on cabling we pull ourselves, and tuned for roaming, capacity, and channel discipline. Wireless networks for offices, schools, houses of worship, and complex homes.
ManhattanBrooklynQueensThe BronxStaten IslandLong Island
WiFi that's engineered, not guessed.
Most bad WiFi was installed by someone who placed access points where there was ceiling space and left every setting on default. We plan coverage first, install to the plan, then tune the settings that decide how the network behaves under load.
Access points where the floor needs them.
AP count and placement right-sized to the space — not the count a previous install left behind. Every access point lands on a drawing before it lands on a ceiling.
Channels, width, and transmit power.
A deliberate 2.4 / 5 / 6 GHz channel plan with sane widths and medium transmit power — the settings that decide whether twenty APs behave like a system or shout over each other.
Stable roaming between APs.
Minimum RSSI, band steering, and overlap tuned so phones and laptops hand off cleanly as people move — instead of clinging to the AP three rooms back.
High-density rooms that hold up.
Conference rooms, classrooms, sanctuaries, and event floors get a capacity model — airtime per client, not just signal bars — so the WiFi works when the room is full.
Outdoor coverage and building links.
Patios, yards, loading docks, and rooftop point-to-point bridges between buildings — weather-rated hardware, proper mounting, and grounding done right.
What a WiFi installation includes.
Scoped against the space — a storefront and a five-floor school don’t get the same package. We tell you what’s in and what’s not before work begins.
WF-01RF survey — floor plan, materials, walkthrough
WF-02AP placement plan with coverage map
WF-03AP count and model selection, right-sized
WF-04Cable drops to every AP location
WF-05Mounting — ceiling, wall, and outdoor
WF-06Channel, width, and transmit-power plan
WF-07Roaming tuning — minimum RSSI, band steering
WF-08SSID and VLAN mapping — staff, guest, IoT
WF-09High-density capacity validation
WF-10Post-install verification walk
WF-11Coverage documentation at handover
WF-12Follow-on support — ad-hoc or managed
Tuned for the city's airspace.
New York buildings share air with dozens of neighboring networks. We survey the spectrum the building actually lives in, then set channels, widths, and power so your WiFi holds its lane — instead of competing with the building next door.
New coverage
New WiFi buildouts.
Ground-up wireless networks, planned before a single drop is pulled. WiFi installs ride on the same engagement as switching, cabling, and the rest of the stack — see the UniFi installation service for the full buildout.
- Offices and coworking floors
- Schools, classrooms, and auditoriums
- Houses of worship and community halls
- Retail, restaurants, and hospitality
- Warehouses and high-bay industrial space
- Townhomes, brownstones, and larger residences
Remediation
Fixing WiFi that never worked.
We also remediate wireless networks that were installed without a plan. The survey tells us whether the fix is placement, settings, or hardware — you see the evidence before anything is replaced.
- Dead zones the last install never resolved
- Full bars but slow, stalling WiFi
- Devices that cling to the wrong access point
- Too many APs shouting over each other on max power
- Guest WiFi that can reach internal systems
- Drops every time someone walks down the hall
WiFi work, written up and named.
Engagement notes from real wireless work — with the client named.
The Lang School17-AP density review for a multi-floor school — coverage, channels, and roaming.Read the engagement Ahmadiyya Muslim CommunityMulti-building WiFi as part of a ground-up UniFi deployment in Queens and the Bronx.Read the engagement Christ Church BronxvilleRoot-cause diagnostic on a console behind unstable WiFi — written up and signed off.Read the engagement
All engagements PricingRates & minimums →
A plan you can hold us to.
Survey, design, installation, and tuning are scoped on paper before anyone is on a ladder, and equipment is an itemized bill of materials. Rough out AP counts with the free WiFi coverage calculator, or see the pricing page.
Survey
Floor plan, photos, or a walkthrough — we map the building, the materials, and where people actually sit and move.
Plan
AP placement, counts, channel plan, and a coverage map you can hold the install against — reviewed with you before cable is pulled.
Install
Drops, mounting, adoption, and tuning — including the roaming and power settings most installs never touch.
Verify
A post-install walk against the plan — coverage, roaming, and throughput where it matters — plus documentation at handover.
WiFi installation across NYC and the tri-state area.
Headquartered in New York City — on-site across the five boroughs and Long Island with no travel fee, and across the wider tri-state area. Coverage design and tuning run remotely anywhere.
On-site / NYCNew York CityManhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island
On-siteLong IslandNassau and Suffolk Counties
On-siteWestchester CountyLower Hudson Valley
On-siteNorthern New JerseyBergen, Hudson, Essex, Passaic
On-siteConnecticutFairfield and adjacent counties
RemoteWorldwideCoverage design and tuning from plans and photos
Frequently asked questions.
If your question is not here, send it — a senior engineer reads every inbound.
Do you install WiFi networks in New York City?
Yes — we design and install business-grade WiFi across Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island, plus Long Island, Westchester, Northern New Jersey, and Connecticut.
How much does WiFi installation cost in NYC?
Access points, switching, and cabling are quoted as an itemized bill of materials, and labor is scoped from your floor plan or a walkthrough — a storefront with two access points and a multi-floor office land in very different places. Current rates and minimums are on our pricing page.
How many access points does my space need?
It depends on construction, square footage, and how many devices use the space at once — not square footage alone. We model coverage against the building’s actual materials and give you the count and placement on a drawing; our free WiFi coverage calculator gives a first estimate.
Can you fix WiFi that was installed by someone else?
Yes. We survey first, then show you whether the problem is access-point placement, settings, or hardware — dead zones, sticky clients, and overlapping channels are usually fixable without replacing everything.
Do you run the cable for the access points?
Yes — we pull the AP drops ourselves, in-house, with vetted partner crews alongside on larger builds. Runs are terminated and tested to TIA-568 and appear in the as-built documentation at handover.
Do you install outdoor WiFi and building-to-building links?
Yes — weather-rated outdoor access points for patios, yards, and loading docks, and rooftop point-to-point bridges to connect buildings without trenching fiber.
GET IN TOUCH
WiFi that needs to just work?
Send us your floor plan or a few photos and tell us where the WiFi falls down — we’ll come back with what the space needs and a line-item quote.