Home Networking

💡TL;DR: Texas storms cut power to roughly 900,000 CenterPoint customers during the May 2024 Houston derecho, and to over 335,000 Oncor customers during a single severe storm system in March 2025. A Starlink backup runs roughly $350 in hardware for the Standard Kit plus $10 a month

💡TL;DR: The 2026 standard for Texas luxury custom builds is Cat6A - not Cat6 - to every room. Minimum drops: primary suite 4, home office 6-8, home theater 8-10, great room 4, kitchen 3, each bedroom 2, outdoor zones 2-3 per area. Retrofitting a single drop after drywall

Three Texas estates, three different smart-home symptoms, one shared cause: a network built for a house a fraction the size. Here is what actually makes enterprise WiFi, structured cabling, and managed service work on 5,000 to 15,000 square foot luxury properties.

WiFi dead zones are the silent killer of Texas luxury smart homes. Your security cameras drop. Your Control4 scenes fail. Your Sonos cuts out mid-room. This guide explains why it happens, which mesh WiFi systems actually fix it, and when professional network design is the only real solution.

Wi-Fi 7 installation services in Texas solve the performance, latency, and roaming issues that consumer routers cannot handle in luxury homes, hotels, and multi-dwelling units with high device density.