We look at where your router sits and which rooms lose the signal. Then we move the router or put a second access point on the floor that needs it, wired back to the first.
About 27% of Portland homes were built in 1939 or earlier. If yours has plaster over metal lath, the walls themselves can block Wi‑Fi, so a router in the living room may never reach the back bedroom upstairs. A second access point upstairs, fed by a cable from the router, puts the signal on the far side of those walls.
In this example the cable rises through the hall closet to an access point on the upstairs hall shelf, the same house as the drawing at the top. A wired mesh node is the same idea; you’ll see both names on the box.
Each package is one fixed quote for the gear and the install, given after a compatibility check against your provider and your house. You can also keep your provider’s equipment.
This is the one for a house like the drawing above, where one router can’t reach every room through the walls. Where a cable can reach, the access points connect by wire.
Included: Appropriate router or mesh equipment, placement, setup and a customer walkthrough.
Buying your own equipment, checked against your provider first. You may be able to drop the monthly rental fee, if your provider charges one and lets you use your own.
Included: Compatible modem/router equipment, installation, configuration and rental-return guidance. Changeover help on the bill page, from $25, includes guidance on returning the rented box.
Equipment and setup for watching without the cable TV package. Locally broadcast Blazers games have been free over the air on KATU and KUNP since 2024, or you can stream them on BlazerVision.
Included: Channel and service comparison, approved bundle changes and optional streaming equipment/setup. Changing the plan starts with a $49 Bill & plan review; dropping TV is one category of Changeover help, $25, paid before the change.
Put in what your provider charges and what owning would cost. The receipt shows both totals and the month where owning catches up, if it ever does. The $15 and $240 are sample numbers until you type in yours.
Enter amounts from 0 to 100,000, with up to two decimal places.
Renting
Owning
An illustration with the numbers on this page, not a savings promise. Real equipment prices come on your quote.
Keeping the rented equipment is a fine answer too. We’ll say so if the numbers point that way. Your numbers stay on this page and never go into a request.
A simple setup often fits in one $99 setup visit. Bigger smart-home jobs can start with planning, from $199.
We set up year-round under-eave and accent lighting, suitable cameras and compatible locks, plus routines you’ll keep using. Our holiday lighting offer covers permanent and temporary lights for houses, bushes and compatible inflatables, controlled from your phone.
We work out where the router should go, whether you need mesh and how far coverage reaches, then get your devices connected, including the printer that keeps falling off the network.
We check whether a modem or router you buy will work with your provider, what it costs up front, and whether owning it could save you the rental fee. The receipt above does the rough math.
We go through the security settings on the router and each device, put cameras and other smart-home gear on their own network away from your laptops and phones, and turn on local control where the device allows it.
We don’t open walls. Cable inside them is contractor work, and once it’s in, we set up the access point at the end of it.
Travel, remote options and on-site scope are confirmed before booking. Every price on one page
No. Hardware is itemized separately, or included in an approved fixed package quote.
No. Layout, interference, devices and services affect results. We explain the limits and set up what you approved.
Qualified contractors handle wiring and regulated installation.
Send what you know, like where the router sits, which rooms drop out and what you’d like to add. You’ll get a private email link with our questions and a price, and nothing happens until you approve it. No account needed.
If it’s easier to talk it through, call and we’ll take the details over the phone instead.
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