Algeria AgencyInfrastructure
Network & connectivity
Cabling, switches, Wi-Fi and IP telephony — the layer blamed for everything and measured by almost nobody.
The network is the layer blamed for everything: the software is slow, so “it must be the network”. Sometimes true, often false, and almost never measured. So this family starts by measuring.
A business network is not a home router with more sockets. It separates what has to be separated — till, cameras, guests, administration — because on the day one machine is compromised, that separation decides the extent of the damage.
Wi-Fi is where money disappears fastest. One powerful access point in the middle covers no better than three modest ones placed carefully: it creates noise and collapses when the crowd arrives, which is precisely when it should hold.
IP telephony belongs in this family because it lives on the same cable and suffers the same faults. Choppy voice is almost always a network problem rather than a carrier problem, and treating it separately means treating one problem twice.
What we usually find
- The Wi-Fi drops when the place is busy, which is exactly when it needs to hold.
- The router password belongs to a technician who left two years ago.
- Your cameras, your till and the customer Wi-Fi share one network.
- Your calls cut out, and everyone blames someone else: carrier, hardware, software.
What changes
A measured diagnosis
Real throughput, latency, loss and coverage measured point by point. The discussion stops being a matter of opinion.
Separated networks
Guests, till, video surveillance and administration partitioned, so an incident on one does not open the others.
Coverage that holds under load
Tested at the real number of simultaneous devices, not with three phones on a Monday morning.
Explore
Network Installation & Maintenance
Clean, documented cabling — because a network nobody understands turns every incident into an investigation.Switch/Router Configuration
Separating uses and documenting the configuration — because equipment left on factory settings is an open door and a future outage.Professional Wi-Fi
Wi-Fi that holds when the room is full — which is exactly when consumer Wi-Fi collapses.IPBX / VoIP
A phone system that stops losing calls: queueing, transfer, diversion and a log — with quality that depends on your network rather than on luck.
What you get
Survey and measurement
Floor plan, measurement points, coverage map and load test before any proposal.
Cabling and rack
Routes, categories, labelling and clean patching. A readable rack is what makes every future fault quick to handle.
Switch and router configuration
Segmentation, priorities, link redundancy where it is justified, and saved configurations.
Wi-Fi designed from coverage
Number and placement of access points derived from measurement, with an isolated, limited guest network.
IP telephony
Switchboard, handsets, numbering plan, queues and diversions, with voice prioritised across the network.
Documentation and credentials
Diagram, addressing plan, passwords handed over, configurations backed up. Nothing that depends on our memory.
Is this the right fit for you?
This is for you if
- You receive the public, or your work depends on online applications.
- You have more than a dozen machines, or several floors, or several sites.
- You are about to install cameras, a till system or telephony.
This is not for you if
- Three machines and a home router that copes. We will say so rather than sell you a rack.
- Your problem is the bandwidth your carrier sells you. No equipment creates bandwidth.
- You want the cheapest hardware. A network built on consumer kit gets replaced two years later.
What we commit to
We measure before proposing
No equipment quote without a survey. A catalogue that ignores your walls is not a study.
Configurations are handed over
Saved, documented, passwords included. A network only we can take over is a network badly delivered.
We say when the problem is elsewhere
Including where that means there is nothing to buy from us. The diagnosis is billed; the conclusions that suit us are not.
A network that holds in Algeria
The carrier link is the starting constraint, not a variable. Limited upstream, outages and changing addresses govern everything that relies on a remote service: telephony, backup, application access. So we design with the degraded mode in mind and, where it is justified, with a mobile fallback.
Electricity does the rest. Micro-cuts and voltage swings damage network equipment long before workstations, and a UPS on the rack costs less than a switch replaced every year. It is the first line we add to almost every quote.
Finally, Algerian commercial premises are often thick walls and added mezzanines, which makes Wi-Fi coverage impossible to guess from a plan. The on-site survey is not a formality: it is what avoids buying two access points too many or three too few.
Frequently asked questions
Does everything have to be recabled?
Not always. Old but sound cabling can be kept; the trouble usually sits in the rack, the patching and the active equipment. We test the existing links before proposing any work.
Can Wi-Fi replace cable?
For fixed workstations, no — and not for the reasons people assume: cable is steadier, less affected by the neighbours and far cheaper to keep stable under load. Wi-Fi serves mobile devices and visitors.
How many access points are needed?
That gets measured. Walls, mezzanines and the number of simultaneous devices decide, and the gap between a plan estimate and a real survey is regularly a factor of two.
Will IP telephony work on our connection?
Often yes, but it has to be verified: voice tolerates packet loss and jitter very badly, far worse than a download does. We measure before committing you to a switchboard.
Can we keep our numbers?
It depends on your carrier and on the type of line. It is the first thing we check, because the answer often changes the architecture we propose.
Who responds if the network fails at night?
That is settled in the contract. We would rather state a real on-call rota and its price than a permanent availability nobody can honour.
How to start
Send us a rough floor plan, the number of machines and connected devices, and a precise description of what is failing.
We come back with what an on-site measurement would check first, what we already suspect, and the cost of the survey — deducted from the project if it goes ahead.
What we have written on this subject
Networks: the cheapest layer, and the one that produces half the faults
A network is a chain: it is worth what its worst segment is worth. That is why it gets bought in the order the signal travels.The line is down: establishing which side, and what comes next
Five minutes decide whether the fault is yours or the operator’s. What to record before calling, how to escalate, and what a second line really covers.Moving the business: what to order three months ahead, and the weeks you exist at two addresses
A move tests your whole system at once, on a date a landlord set. The long pole is never the van.Telephony: the number is the asset, not the system
Your customers know a number, not a piece of equipment. Everything decided here has to protect that number and what happens when somebody dials it.The call nobody took: counting what no longer rings
A missed call is the only lost customer that leaves a trace. How to count them in fifteen minutes, and what really produces them.Cabling: a hundred metres, and not all of them are yours
The standard grants a copper link a hundred metres. Ninety are in the wall and never change; the other ten get spent after you have gone.
Let us talk about your project
A free audit, no commitment: we look at your online presence and tell you what is holding it back.
- We measure before proposing
- Configurations are handed over
- We say when the problem is elsewhere