Industries
Horse Farms & Equine Operations
Marion County has one of the highest concentrations of horse farms in the country, and almost none of the properties were built with a network in mind.
What makes this different
The problems specific to your sector
Not a generic list. These are the things that come up repeatedly in this kind of business.
Distance, not bandwidth
The office is in one building, the barn is four hundred yards away and there is nothing in between. That is a link design problem, not an internet speed problem.
Metal buildings block everything
Steel barns and equipment sheds are effectively signal cages. Coverage has to be designed for the structure rather than assumed from a router in the house.
The gear in the barn depends on a link you cannot see
Foaling monitors, feed systems and gate controls all sit at the far end of the property and are needed at 3am in the rain. We do not supply any of it — we make sure the network under it is still up at that hour.
Seasonal staff and visiting professionals
Grooms, vets, farriers and clients all want connectivity without being on the network that holds your business records.
Your software
We expect to find these
We work around your line-of-business software rather than asking you to change it, and we deal with the vendor when needed.
- Equine management software
- Breeding and health records
- Accounting
- Stall and foaling monitoring
Recommended
Where we would start
Business WiFi
Surveyed, not guessed. Coverage designed for the building you have, with guest traffic kept off the business network.
Network Design & Firewall Management
Segmented networks and managed firewalls, so one compromised laptop cannot reach your servers or your card data.
Structured Cabling
Certified low-voltage cabling for new builds and expansions, documented and labelled at both ends.
Questions
Common questions
Can you get reliable internet to a barn several hundred yards from the house?
Yes. Usually a directional wireless link between buildings, or buried fibre where the ground work is already happening. Both are far more reliable than a consumer extender.
Do you supply stall or foaling monitoring?
No. We do not sell or install monitoring hardware. We do the network it runs on — a reliable link to the barn, an isolated segment so a cheap device cannot reach your records, and remote access that does not mean opening a port through the firewall.
Can visitors use the WiFi without reaching our records?
Yes. Guest access is separated at the network level so it cannot see the business systems.
Ready to secure your business?
Book a first on-site visit for $89 — we come out, look at your network, backups, Microsoft 365 and exposure, and tell you where you stand. Work after that is billed at $100/hour. No monthly contract required.