Frankfort & Franklin County
Dead zones and dropouts always have a cause.
I'm Kevin Barnett. I design, wire and tune business networks in Frankfort — access points, switches, cabling and the troubleshooting that ends the "have you tried rebooting it" cycle for good.
Free onsite walkthrough before any quote.
Why local matters here
Nobody can plan a network for a building they've never stood in.
Wi-Fi is a physical problem before it's a technical one. It's about what your walls are made of, where the power runs, how far it is from the closet to the far corner, and what else in the area is shouting on the same channel. That's why buying a better router off the shelf so often changes nothing — the router was never the reason.
Frankfort makes this worse than average. A lot of downtown is old brick and plaster, and thick masonry stops a signal cold in a way drywall never does. The shops and light industrial spaces out toward the industrial parks are metal buildings, which are effectively a cage around your signal. Offices around the Capitol are often carved out of much older floor plans, with the internet coming into whichever corner the phone line happened to reach forty years ago. Add the tourist traffic through downtown and the distillery corridor — a lot of phones hunting for a network — and the cheap setup that worked when you moved in stops coping.
I come out and look at the actual building. Then I tell you what's wrong.
Two-minute diagnosis
What's actually wrong with your Wi-Fi?
Tick whatever sounds like your building. Each one tells you something specific — these symptoms point at genuinely different problems, which is why one-size fixes usually don't.
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Likely: coverage, not speedYou need an access point closer to that area, not faster internet. Paying for a bigger internet package will do absolutely nothing for this, though plenty of people get sold one anyway.
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Likely: capacity or channel congestionOne consumer router trying to hold thirty devices, or fighting with every other network nearby on the same channel. The fix is proper access points and sensible channel planning, not a reboot.
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Likely: roaming or a weak edgeYour terminal sits at the edge of coverage and keeps letting go. This is the one that costs you money in front of a customer, and it's usually fixable in an afternoon.
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Likely: failing or overloaded hardwareSomething is filling up and falling over on a cycle. Consumer gear run 24/7 in a business does this. A reboot clears the symptom and guarantees it comes back.
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Likely: everything above, eventuallyLoose power bricks and unlabeled cords mean any fix starts with an hour of tracing wires, and a knocked cable takes you offline for no reason anyone can find. This is the job I do most.
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Good news: your internet is fineThe problem is entirely inside your building, which means it's yours to fix and you don't need to fight with your provider about it. This is the cheapest category of problem to solve.
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Likely: the connection itselfNow it is your internet service — or the modem in front of everything. Worth knowing before you spend anything inside the building. For sites where cable and fiber genuinely can't deliver, Starlink is often the honest answer.
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What I do
Networks built to be boring.
Wi-Fi design and access points
Coverage planned around your actual building, with access points where they're needed instead of wherever there happened to be an outlet.
Cabling and cleanup
New runs pulled where you need them, and years of accumulated tangle rebuilt into something labeled that a person can work on.
Switches and hardware
Business-grade gear specified, installed and configured — mounted properly, on battery backup, not stacked on a desk.
Guest and staff separation
Customers on their own network, away from your point-of-sale and your files. Straightforward to set up and most small businesses don't have it.
Internet you can rely on
Getting you onto a connection that holds up, including Starlink where the wired options fall short.
Troubleshooting the odd stuff
The intermittent fault nobody has been able to pin down. That's usually the most interesting call I get.
A recent job
From cable chaos to a clean, reliable setup.
Networking · Cabling · Central KY
A local business had years of equipment and cabling piled on a desk — power bricks, routers and cords everywhere, hard to manage and easy to knock loose. I rebuilt the whole thing into an organized, wall-mounted setup on battery backup, and got them onto dependable high-speed internet while I was at it.
- ✓ Rebuilt a tangle of cabling into a clean, organized layout
- ✓ Mounted the gear neatly, on a UPS battery backup
- ✓ Upgraded to reliable high-speed internet
- ✓ Wi-Fi and network tuned so every device stays connected
Pricing
Quoted per job, after I've seen the building.
- ✓ Free onsite walkthrough — I look at the space and the gear
- ✓ A written quote before any work starts
- ✓ Equipment costs shown separately, at what they cost
- ✓ No monthly commitment attached to a one-off install
- ✓ You own everything I put in
I don't publish a flat price for network work because it would be a made-up number. A single access point in an open office and a full rewire of a metal building are not the same job, and pretending otherwise just means the quote changes later.
Want it looked after afterwards? Ongoing plans run $79/mo, $179/mo or $299/mo depending on how much of your technology you want handled, each with a one-time setup. Entirely optional — plenty of networks I build never need me again, and that's the idea.
Questions
The things people ask first.
Will a better router fix this?
Usually not. If the problem is distance, walls or the number of devices, a faster router in the same spot changes nothing. That's the single most common thing people buy before calling me, and it's why I look at the building first.
Do I need to upgrade my internet package?
Often no. If your wired computers are fine and only Wi-Fi is bad, your internet is not the problem and paying for more of it is wasted money. I'll tell you which one it is before you spend anything.
Can you work around our hours?
Yes. Cable pulls and switch changes are disruptive, so for retail and restaurants I'd rather do the noisy part before you open or after you close.
Do you run cable in older buildings?
Yes, and a lot of Frankfort is older buildings. Plaster, brick and floors that were never designed for this take longer, and I'll say so in the quote rather than discovering it halfway through.
Can you separate customer Wi-Fi from ours?
Yes, and you should. Guests on the same network as your point-of-sale and your files is a risk with no upside. It's a small piece of work.
What if there's no good internet at the site?
Then we look at Starlink. I survey, mount and integrate it properly rather than leaving a dish on the ground pointed hopefully at the sky.
Let me come look at it.
Tell me what's dropping out and when. The walkthrough costs nothing and you'll get a straight answer either way.