One contract, every door
The association signs a single agreement covering all units, and the cost is carried through the regular assessment. Owners stop paying retail one by one; the community buys at wholesale.
A guide for boards
Bulk internet for HOAs and condos, explained.
A bulk agreement is one contract, signed by the association, that puts internet in every unit. Done well, the per-door rate lands far below what any owner could get on their own — and the fee line goes down for everyone. Done on autopilot, it quietly becomes the most overpriced item in the budget. This page covers how these agreements work and what actually moves the price.
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How a bulk agreement works
The association becomes one large customer instead of hundreds of small ones. That is the whole trick — and it cuts both ways.
Per-door pricing
Carriers price bulk deals per unit, per month. Because the carrier gets every door at once — no marketing cost, no churn — the per-door rate is almost always well below the retail price for the same service.
Long terms, automatic renewals
Bulk telecom agreements often run five to ten years and renew on their own. Meanwhile fiber gets built to the street and new carriers move in — and the community keeps paying old prices for old service.
More than internet
A bulk deal can also cover TV, managed Wi-Fi in common areas as an amenity, and satellite or fixed-wireless backup for gates, cameras and elevators. See what a bulk agreement can cover →
What actually moves the price
Communities we’ve re-bid saved 30–55% on bulk telecom. The savings come from a handful of levers, and most of them live in the contract rather than the technology.
Competition at your address
The single biggest lever. If fiber has reached your street since the last signing, the incumbent’s pricing power is gone — but only if the board knows it. An address-level availability check is where every review starts.
Rate escalators
Many agreements raise the per-unit rate every year. Compare what you pay now against the rate at signing; the gap is what autopilot has cost the community so far.
The renewal window
Auto-renewal has a notice period — miss it and the community is locked in for another term at the old economics. Knowing the market before that window opens is what turns a renewal into a negotiation.
Exclusivity and wiring
Who owns the wiring, equipment and conduit when the contract ends, and whether an exclusivity clause blocks other carriers, decide how much leverage the next negotiation has. We check the building’s wiring first, so a switch works the day it happens.
Service-level commitments
Speed and uptime guarantees in writing — and real consequences when they’re missed — are worth money. Some contracts have performance clauses that open an early exit.
The full checklist
Seven questions decide whether an agreement is worth keeping. We’ve written them up with what a good answer looks like. Read the contract review checklist →
What does a review cost the association?
Nothing. We check every carrier that can serve your address — fiber, cable, fixed wireless and satellite failover — and send the board a side-by-side of options and costs within 24 hours. Providers pay us a commission when a community switches; the association pays nothing, buys nothing, and every dollar saved stays with your owners. Want to see the whole market first? These are the carriers we shop.
What could your community be paying?
Tell us where your community is and we’ll tell you which carriers can actually serve it — and what they charge per door.