lestat99
join:2000-08-04
Piscataway, NJ
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Re: VoIP Alarm Panel Monitoring
I think that you are correct. Problem is that the alarm industry in general is very resistant to change. Maybe understandbily so since we are talking about life safety. With that being said, IMHO, broadband reporting of alarm signals is ready for the marketplace. As long as the monitoring company actively polls the panel and has wireless fallback I don't see a problem with risk. Any panel that truely secures a residence should have some sort of wireless backup anyway.
All in all I totally agree. Just not sure how much sway a company like NextAlarm has with companies such as General Electric, Honeywell and Napco.
If you read the Alarm industry trade rags they are all touting VoIP as a major "problem" and are encourging alarm installers to advise their customers not to install VoIP. Very short sighted, I agree... I was just excited to see at least one alarm monitoring company embracing VoIP rather than avoiding it...
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