Electronic Alarms and Home Security Devices - Broadband

Does anyone know of any companies that provide Home security systems over broadband/cable modem? I am building a home and I don't need a land line. James

There are several systems that have the capacity to use an ethernet connection for monitoring, some even send email messages when set to do so. The trick is finding a monitoring service that can handle the input. There are a lot of monitoring services out there, it's just that in a given area, most dealers find one and stick with it.

You can install any security system and that can be hooked up with telephone over Cable Modem. I have SafeLife and was able to hook up last month. Few changes you have to make. I can forward you some links. Pretty easy though...

Good Luck

You're still going to require dial-tone of some sort - even with broadband. At this point, broadband/ethernet monitoring is just not a reality. It's just not as reliable as dial-tone.

I have Vonage at home, and I have connected my Vonage phone adapter to my entire phone network in my home. Including the security system. It's not difficult to do and is much cheaper than landline phones.

There are some issues with phones/internet going down in the event of a power outage - however, if you use a good UPS backup system, this risk is reduced greatly.

That's about the best option at this point. You could also try one of the new cell phone/landline adapters. These connect your cell phone service to your home phone lines - similar to the setup above. Of course, the problem is you have to have your cell phone in the cradle at home for it to work - who leaves their cell phone at home while they're out of the house? That kind of defeats the purpose - you either don't have your cell phone, or you don't have monitoring.

Many other solutions out there - take a look around.

Good luck!

You could also try one of the new cell phone/landline adapters. These connect your cell phone service to your home phone lines - similar to the setup above. Of course, the problem is you have to have your cell phone in the cradle at home for it to work - who leaves their cell phone at home while they're out of the house? That kind of defeats the purpose - you either don't have your cell phone, or you don't have monitoring.



With many cell providers, you can add a sharetalk line to your cell phone package for ~$10 a month and use the extra phone as Safewatch describes...

AT&T offers a broadband VOIP phone adapter as well, BTW.