Starlink installation in Cebu is straightforward to budget for once you understand the two main components — hardware and installation labour — and the handful of factors that adjust the final number. This is the breakdown we walk customers through during every ocular visit.
Hardware costs
There are three Starlink hardware tiers we carry as an authorized reseller in the Visayas. As of 2026:
- Starlink Mini — ₱31,999. Ultra-portable, USB-C powered. Designed for self-setup; professional installation is optional, not required.
- Starlink V4 — ₱35,500. The home-and-office standard dish, ships with a kickstand mount. Almost every residential and small-business install we do uses this hardware.
- Flat High Performance — Contact us for pricing. Low-profile fixed mount for marine, vehicle, and fleet use. Pricing varies with the specific bracket and rigging required.
Hardware is purchased once. There's no monthly hardware fee — the recurring cost is Starlink's subscription, billed directly by Starlink, not by us.
Installation fee
Our professional installation service for Cebu addresses starts at ₱6,500. That covers a Metro Cebu address, a straightforward rooftop or balcony mount, standard cabling, router placement inside the building, and a baseline speed test before we leave.
The starting price assumes the install is contained — one dish, one mount point, one cable run inside the building. Once any of those grow in scope, the quote adjusts. We walk through every line item during the ocular visit so there are no surprises on install day.
The four factors that change your final quote
The cost above is the floor. In our install experience across hundreds of Cebu mounts, four specific factors most often push the final number above the starting figure.
1. Mount complexity. Standard kickstand or simple rooftop bracket is included in the starting fee. Wall-mounted poles, weighted free-standing tripods (for properties with restricted roof access), and elevated mounts to clear tree canopy add cost. The most common upcharge is the pole mount with anchored base, common in highland barangays where the dish needs to sit a metre or two above an obstructed roofline.
2. Cable length and routing. The starting fee includes a standard cable run of about 15 metres from the roof to a typical wall router placement. Longer runs, runs through multiple walls, or runs that require external conduit add per-metre. Industrial buildings in Mandaue or commercial conversions in IT Park frequently fall into this category.
3. Distance from Metro Cebu. Installs inside Metro Cebu (Cebu City, Mandaue, Lapu-Lapu, Talisay) include the ocular visit at no extra charge. Towns further out — Toledo, Carcar, Bogo, Danao — incur a flat travel fee that's credited toward the install if you proceed. The travel fee accounts for fuel and the loss of a half-day from our schedule.
4. Special mounting hardware. Beachfront and saltwater-exposed properties (Mactan, Polambato, Danao coast) require stainless or galvanized fasteners throughout. Standard zinc-plated hardware corrodes within a year near the coast — we don't compromise on this. Heritage properties in Carcar's Poblacion may require non-invasive mounting (weighted ballast, wall brackets without new penetrations). Both add cost.
A note on how these factors combine: it's common for two or three of them to apply to the same install. A hillside barangay property in upper Cebu City might have both a complex pole mount and a longer cable run. A beachfront Mactan property might need corrosion-resistant hardware, an extended cable run between buildings, and a weighted tripod mount because the roof isn't accessible. In those cases the factors stack, and we itemise each one on the quote so you can see exactly what's driving the number.
Typical total — what most Cebu customers actually pay
For a residential install in Metro Cebu with the Starlink V4, no complications: ₱35,500 + ₱6,500 = ₱42,000, completed in a single afternoon.
For a beachfront install in Lapu-Lapu with corrosion-resistant hardware and an extended cable run: roughly ₱45,000-50,000 total.
For a hillside install in upper Guadalupe with a pole mount to clear canopy: roughly ₱42,000-48,000.
For a Toledo or Carcar address, add the flat travel fee on top.
What's not in the quote
A few things we deliberately exclude from the install fee:
- Starlink subscription. That's billed by Starlink directly, paid monthly. We don't mark it up.
- Mesh networking hardware. If your property needs WiFi across multiple buildings or large floor plates, we quote that separately. Most homes don't need it; resorts and warehouses usually do.
- UPS hardware. Recommended for installs in areas with unstable mains power (parts of north Cebu, Toledo). We can source one, but it's a separate line item.
Get a precise number
The starting fee gets you close, but the precise quote requires a quick ocular visit. We confirm sky access, measure cable runs, identify any mount complications, and hand you a line-item quote on the spot. Free for Metro Cebu addresses; flat travel fee elsewhere (credited toward the install if you proceed).
Chat with us through the widget at the bottom right of this page. We'll book the ocular for a time that fits your week.