 blohner
join:2002-06-26
Cortlandt Manor, NY
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| reply to PX Eliezer
Re: VoIP and Burglar Alarms: Bold thinking or old thinking? I would say it strongly depends. I am running on VoIP only and my alarm is running over VoIP (no choice unless I get a new console) with no trouble.
My Internet is more stable than POTS ever was. Might have to do with my POTS lines coming from about 5 miles away, load coils and all - while the Fiber Node from the Cable Company is almost in sight of my house...
Cable for me in all outages I had was also self healing (e.g. the outage was the whole area - someone calls - it get's fixed) vs. phone was almost never self healing and out around 1-2 times a year... Now if I travel for 2-3 weeks (regular vacation) and the phone goes out and noone notices the alarm won't be able to talk to central for 2-3 weeks. If the cable goes out there is a good chance that it's back after a few hours...
My router, VoIP adapter and switches are on a UPS that provides power for much longer then the UPS for the computers etc so I am pretty good during a power outage...
And then I would also think most thieves would cut the phone lines at the pedestal on the street corner (unless they are really stupid) - but how many would cut the cable tv line? hmmm...
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