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Connectivity for general contractors

Plans, schedules and subcontractors change by the hour, across several job sites at once. Crews are on site, the office is somewhere else, and the job only moves when the two can reach each other.

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Internet, wireless and security for general contractors

Each of the three has to be right, and they are usually bought from different companies. We compare them together.

Internet

Site trailers need real internet for drawings, scheduling software and daily reports, often before utilities arrive.

Wireless

Superintendents and subs work from phones and tablets, so coverage on site matters as much as at the office.

Security

Bids, contracts and payment details move by email, which makes invoice fraud a constant risk.

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The trailer opened Monday. The internet was due in eleven weeks.

By the Telecom Agency advisory team

A general contractor wins a job on a lot that is still dirt. The trailer goes in on Monday, the drawings live in the cloud, and the cable company quotes eleven weeks for a line. By Wednesday the superintendent is running the whole project through the hotspot on one phone.

What a consultant changes

A Telecom Agency advisor starts from the address rather than from one carrier's coverage map. Fixed wireless goes in that week, satellite stands by as a second path, and the wired order keeps moving in the background for the day it finally arrives. The contractor makes one call instead of six, and because providers pay the advisor, none of it lands on the job's budget.

How Telecom Agency shops the market for general contractors

The advice
Every job site is a new address with a different set of carriers. Before the trailer is delivered, an advisor checks which wired, wireless and satellite services reach that lot and how long each one takes to install.
The price
Site service is quoted on terms that match the build schedule, so a nine-month project is not tied to a three-year contract. Office internet and the crew's mobile lines are priced across several carriers at the same time.
The service
When the job closes out, the advisor cancels the site's services and moves the equipment to the next one. One contact deals with every carrier across every active project.
  • No fee to you: providers pay the advisor
  • Every provider compared, none favoured
  • One contact for every carrier
  • Reviews and support after the install

An illustrative scenario based on situations common among general contractors. It does not describe a specific client.

What we usually put in place

  • Job-site internet in days5G or satellite at the trailer while wired service is still months away.
  • One number that follows the crewCloud phones that ring the office, the truck and the mobile together.
  • Mobile plans and rugged devicesData plans, tablets and phones bought and managed as one account.
  • Protection against payment fraudEmail filtering and sign-in controls, because fake invoices target contractors.

Providers that often fit

AT&TVerizonT-MobileStarlinkComcast BusinessRingCentral

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The best connection available,at a price you can compare.

Tell us where you work and what you run. An advisor brings back internet, wireless and security options side by side, at no cost to you.

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