BlueHouse field guides
Practical guides to internet, cellular, business phones, network hardware, security, and fiber. Choose a service, product, or industry, work through a planning tool, and keep a useful project brief.
The planning library
30 guides with interactive planning tools
Security Cameras
Build a commercial camera project brief with an interactive checklist for coverage, UniFi, Verkada, Axis, Hanwha and Avigilon systems, recording, and handover.
Build your camera site-survey checklist
Brand Comparisons
Compare UniFi Protect and Verkada for a business camera project: recording, licenses, existing cameras, multi-site administration, and installation scope.
Build your camera platform comparison
Access Control
Plan commercial door access control with UniFi Access, Brivo, Verkada, Axis, and HID: credentials, existing hardware, installation scope, and handover.
Outline your door access project
Fiber & Cabling
Understand fiber internet service versus fiber cabling installation, including demarc extensions, building backbones, Corning, CommScope, and testing.
Find the fiber scope you need
Security Cameras
Plan a commercial UniFi Protect installation: camera coverage, recorder capacity, existing-camera migration, PoE, retention, and account handover.
Build a UniFi Protect readiness brief
Security Cameras
Prepare a Verkada camera rollout with a practical plan for coverage, onboard storage, licenses, network readiness, Command permissions, and acceptance.
Check your Verkada proposal scope
Brand Comparisons
Compare Axis and Hanwha Vision camera proposals using coverage, video management, analytics, compatibility, storage, and a practical pilot scorecard.
Build an Axis and Hanwha evaluation brief
Planning Tools
Estimate camera recording storage from camera count, average bitrate, recording hours, and retention days, then account for capacity and real-world variation.
Estimate video recording storage
Network Planning
Plan a commercial PoE camera network with per-port power checks, switch budgets, cable paths, uplink capacity, backup power, and acceptance testing.
Check a PoE switch power and port budget
Brand Comparisons
Compare Brivo and UniFi Access for commercial doors: management, subscriptions, credentials, existing hardware, and a practical pilot-door checklist.
Build an access-platform demonstration plan
Access Control
Compare mobile entry and key cards for business doors, including Brivo, HID, UniFi Access, and Avigilon credentials, onboarding, fallbacks, and testing.
Choose a credential policy to evaluate
Access Control
Prepare a door-by-door access control survey with hardware photos, user requirements, power and cable routes, approvals, and installation acceptance criteria.
Prepare one door for a survey
Fiber & Cabling
Compare single-mode and multimode fiber by application, route length, optics, existing infrastructure, cost, and testing before a business installation.
Prepare your fiber selection brief
Fiber & Cabling
Understand fiber test reports, insertion loss, OTDR traces, inspection, labeling, and practical acceptance records for a commercial cabling installation.
Review a fiber acceptance package
Nationwide Rollouts
Plan a nationwide camera, access control, and fiber rollout with a site register, pilot, readiness checks, change control, and consistent acceptance records.
Sketch your rollout waves
Business Internet
Compare dedicated internet and business broadband using application needs, upload capacity, service terms, delivery requirements, and a consistent quote worksheet.
Build your internet service comparison brief
Business Internet
Plan internet failover around critical applications, alternate paths, router behavior, cellular data limits, backup power, and a repeatable outage test.
Write your business failover test brief
Business Internet
Evaluate 5G and LTE fixed wireless for primary, backup, and temporary business connectivity with a site trial, equipment checklist, and application tests.
Prepare a fixed wireless site evaluation
Cellular
Audit AT&T, Verizon, and T-Mobile business cellular lines using inventory, usage, device balances, coverage requirements, and a controlled change worksheet.
Build a line-by-line cellular audit checklist
Expense Management
Review internet, cellular, voice, and network charges with a telecom inventory, contract comparison, exception register, and verified savings process.
Create your telecom expense review action list
Business Phones
Choose a business phone system using call-flow requirements, user roles, handset compatibility, network readiness, number migration, and a practical pilot.
Build your business phone system demo brief
Network Hardware
Build a complete network hardware list using port counts, PoE requirements, routing performance, Wi-Fi coverage, management, and installation dependencies.
Build a network hardware buying brief
Industry Guides
Plan retail internet, POS connectivity, guest Wi-Fi, cameras, and door access around checkout workflows, outage priorities, and a repeatable store rollout.
Plan a store's connected opening checklist
Industry Guides
Prepare a clinic network scope for EHR access, scheduling, telehealth, voice, guest Wi-Fi, managed devices, and tested downtime procedures.
Prepare a clinic connectivity readiness review
Industry Guides
Plan temporary jobsite internet, 5G/4G, Starlink, trailer Wi-Fi, cameras, field devices, and project closeout around changing construction conditions.
Prepare a jobsite connectivity scope
Industry Guides
Plan hotel Wi-Fi around guest rooms, meetings, onboarding, property operations, internet resilience, and a room-level acceptance checklist.
Build a hotel Wi-Fi survey and acceptance checklist
Industry Guides
Plan factory connectivity and fiber with clear IT/OT responsibilities, production change windows, pathway surveys, equipment dependencies, and acceptance records.
Prepare a plant network and fiber change brief
Industry Guides
Plan warehouse Wi-Fi, scanners, label printing, dock connectivity, cameras, and internet backup using real movement paths and operational acceptance tasks.
Build a warehouse workflow test plan
Industry Guides
Plan classroom Wi-Fi, campus fiber, internet resilience, managed devices, cameras, and door access with practical survey, governance, and acceptance tasks.
Prepare a campus connectivity and security review
Industry Guides
Plan cellular, fiber, or satellite connectivity for remote energy sites, telemetry, EV charging, cameras, and field teams with clear ownership and acceptance.
Scope a remote energy site's connection
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