With VoIP uptake growing many a consumer is feeling lost when it comes to alarm monitoring. Client NextAlarm, recently chosen by Dave Graveline's Into Tomorrow as One of Ten Hot companies has been a leader in this field for some time.
Now it looks like another entrant has entered the market.
Why are services like this important? Well traditional alarm services require a copper wire connection so the monitoring status can be reported to the monitoring station, which in turn notifies the Public Service Access Point (PSAP). With VoIP this doesn't easily happen and a broadband network is needed to keep things connected.
This will certainly be a growing industry sector and one to watch as the big players like Brinks and ADT and rapidly emerging folks like these two are ripe for growth in a market category that is only going up.
The disadvantage of IP transmission is your reliance on AC Power. Unless your Router and modem have a battery back-up, you are SOL in the case of a power failure.
Another available option is Cellular, GSM, or long range radio transmission. DSC and Ademco have their own versions and there are also universal versions out there, I use uplink for telco back up with my customers. http://pinnaclesecurity.com/alarm-monitoring.php
Posted by: ceejay2005 | May 19, 2009 at 08:39 PM
I stopped using a sound alarm monitor at 5 months w/ my 1st daughter, because she moved around and it set it off, so I started using a "baby cam" (video monitor) and I still use it w/ my 8 month old. My son moves all over the crib. He will move himself side ways in the crib. It still picks his breathing up. He is almost 5 months old. I wanted to use it till he is a year but I don't think that is going to happen since I have heard of babies moving off the monitor and setting the alarm off. Alarm Monitoring
Posted by: ceejay2005 | May 17, 2009 at 08:18 PM