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Business Telecoms & IT in Hackney

SCG Solutions works with businesses across Hackney, covered by Joshua Littman from Windsor. IT support, cyber security, cloud telephony, connectivity and business mobiles, backed by the Southern Communications Group.

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Business in Hackney

Hackney is small creative and technology businesses in buildings that were built for something else. Studios, agencies, post-production, architecture and a large food and drink sector occupy railway arches, converted warehouses and upper floors around Dalston, London Fields and Hackney Wick — space that is characterful and almost always awkward to network. Brick, steel and long thin floorplates defeat a single access point in the middle of the room, which is the arrangement most of these businesses started with and most are still living with.

  • Shoreditch fringe and Hoxton
  • Hackney Wick and Fish Island
  • Dalston and London Fields

Sectors we work with around Hackney

Hackney — common questions

Our Hackney studio is a converted warehouse and the Wi-Fi is patchy. What fixes it?

Almost certainly more access points rather than a stronger one, which is the opposite of what people expect. Brick and steel absorb signal, so a single unit in the centre reaches the middle of the room well and the far corners badly. A survey places two or three properly and usually costs less than the second router most businesses buy first.

We are a Hackney business sending large video files out. What connection do we need?

One with real upload speed, which broadband does not have — it is asymmetric by design, so sending is several times slower than receiving. A leased line gives you matching speed in both directions and a contractual fix time. Where the budget will not stretch, full fibre with the best available upload is the sensible middle, and we will say which applies.

Often asked for around Hackney

Based on the sectors that make up the local economy — not everything we do, just what tends to come up here.

The 2027 switch-off affects Hackney too. Openreach plans to retire its traditional phone network by 31 January 2027. Check your phone lines, alarms and payment terminals, and plan the move with your provider.

Read about the switch-off

Hackney sits within our wider coverage. These pages cover the same services across a broader area, with the towns beneath them.

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