Saturday, February 18, 2006
Physical security: side effects of VOIP
Everyone's heard way too much about whether their home VOIP service from Vonage or Packet8 or whoever will work right with 911. This article is about something different.
What about your burglar alarm system?
It uses the phone line to talk to the alarm company (I've met an alarm salesperson who didn't know that, by the way). It talks to the alarm company using Very Old techniques. Will those work with your VOIP service? Check with your alarm company or better yet run a test.
Erika Smith has an article at Indystar.com with more information about using monitored home security systems with VOIP.
And some alternatives that are designed to work over an Internet connection:
http://voip.weblogsinc.com/search/?q=alarm&submit=Search+%BB
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What about your burglar alarm system?
It uses the phone line to talk to the alarm company (I've met an alarm salesperson who didn't know that, by the way). It talks to the alarm company using Very Old techniques. Will those work with your VOIP service? Check with your alarm company or better yet run a test.
Erika Smith has an article at Indystar.com with more information about using monitored home security systems with VOIP.
And some alternatives that are designed to work over an Internet connection:
http://voip.weblogsinc.com/search/?q=alarm&submit=Search+%BB
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