Can you clarify what you mean by WiFi? Basic internet service made available to your tenants? Wireless internet access throughout the park?
Without any additional details to go on, your tenants should have at least the following options:
- Dial-up-Modem, with a telephone land-line, one could use a dial-up-modem (albeit not the best choice)
- Satellite, both HughesNet and Exede provide satellite internet via a surface mounted dish antenna
- Cellular Broadband, the cellular carriers all have broadband access via smart phones or portable devices
If none of those are acceptable and if the intent is to bring in a single choice major service provider, much like the setup in an apartment building, then that changes the game a bit.
There are basically two models:
- Retail. A provider comes in and sells subscriptions directly to your tenants
- Wholesale. You buy service at wholesales and YOU sell subscriptions directly to your tenants.
Judging from your post, it sounds like you are in favor of the retail model.
Like everything else, it will come down to cost and the answer to jhutson’s question:
will go a long way to determine the extent of that cost.
Here is what I would recommend.
- See if you have the potential subscriber base to entice one of the carriers to bring service to the park.
- Ask your neighboring business tenants what service they have and see if there is an opportunity there.
- Lastly, look into service providers offering a ‘Fixed Wireless’ solution. Their infrastructure costs are generally less than that of the wired providers, so their ROI may be satisfied with fewer subscribers. We had to use such a service at one of our offices in Bridgeview, Il and it worked fine.
Bob