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join:2003-07-29
Mulberry, FL | reply to PX Eliezer
Re: VoIP and Burglar Alarms: Bold thinking or old thinking? At this point in time alarms and VOIP are not reliable.
An alarm system falls into the mission critical phase ie:
protection of life and property
There are larger amounts of anomalies that can occur on a connection via the internet v. a POTS or RF link.
That said, POTS and RF links can have their issues too. At this time none of the various AOIP are acceptable in my opinion. (I deal with this for work, and I don't accept AOIP. You will FAIL the inspection.) Your insurance company also may not accept anything other than POTS, or RF. In the event of claim they could deny a loss if the alarm didn't alert public safety due to AOIP issues.
In the future maybe the alarm industry, the ISP industry, networking vendors and etc. will all work together  to create a reliable AOIP.
Till then get a RF (cellular based) alarm if you want to dump POTS. Otherwise stick with pots for the alarm. Its pretty much the only mode that will meet codes/alarm ordinances in most areas. Your area may vary.
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