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A satellite dish mounted on the rusty tin roof of a bamboo beach hut overlooks turquoise water, outrigger boats and limestone islands.

Caring for your Starlink setup: simple maintenance for Philippine homes and sites

A Starlink setup needs little day-to-day care, but a few habits help it keep working well through rainy season, typhoons and power interruptions. Here is what to check, what to leave alone, and when to call a professional.

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A Filipino family of five, from grandmother to young children, huddles on a wooden sofa in a warmly lit provincial living room in the evening, smiling at a tablet.

Wireless or fiber: choosing the right internet fit for your location

Wireless and fiber are two ways to bring internet into your home or business. This guide explains how they differ and what to consider when deciding which one fits your site.

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Three young Filipino colleagues plan an app on a whiteboard covered in sticky notes and hand-drawn boxes and arrows, with laptops on a wooden table and a palm-lined seaside town outside the window.

Before you build a custom system: how to spot what to automate first

Custom systems work best when they start from one repeating task, not from a wish list. Here is how to spot what to automate first, and what to leave alone for now.

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At night during a brownout, one two-storey house with rooftop solar panels glows with light while the rest of the street is dark.

Going solar in the Philippines: what to understand before you commit

Solar starts with how you use electricity, not with the panels. A look at loads, batteries, site conditions and the questions worth asking before you decide on a system.

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A white dome security camera under the tin roof of a small neighbourhood sari-sari store at dusk, with the shopkeeper working under a warm bulb inside.

Planning a CCTV system: what to decide before you buy cameras

Most CCTV disappoints not because of the camera but because nobody planned what it should see. Here is how to think about coverage, recording, lighting and access before you buy anything.

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Students in white school uniforms work at rows of desktop computers in a sunlit public school computer lab, with a Wi-Fi access point mounted on the ceiling.

Structured cabling and Wi-Fi: planning a network that keeps up

Most offices do not have an internet problem so much as a cabling and Wi-Fi design problem. Here is how to think about your network before you spend on anything else.

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A technician kneels on a corrugated metal roof and tightens the pole clamp of a satellite dish at sunset, with palm trees, hills and the sea behind him.

What people get wrong about satellite internet in the Philippines

Satellite internet solves real problems, but a few common assumptions about it cause disappointment before the work even starts. Here is what actually matters at your site.

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A two-storey provincial Filipino house with warm lights glowing in its windows at blue hour, green rice field in the foreground and misty mountains and coconut palms behind.

What to prepare before an internet site assessment

A site assessment is where the right internet setup for your home or business gets worked out. Here is what to prepare beforehand, so the visit gives you useful answers.

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