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re: Home alarm system
Posted on 10/19/16 at 11:50 pm to Lafayette Saint
Posted on 10/19/16 at 11:50 pm to Lafayette Saint
Why does the GSM wireless card monitoring cost more than the landline? It's basically a dedicated burner cell phone for the wired alarm system.
The hardware and infrastructure costs less than everything that comprises a landline system, both in terms of labor and materials, amd is the size of a deck of cards, why the higher cost?
It seems like all the alarm companies charge more for the perception of wireless as more sophisticated or expensive when they're really just fleecing people.
I found it's much cheaper and more transparent to buy the system and monitoring separately when we built our house. I pay $300/year for wireless monitoring, and it calls the same police department as my neighbors who pay $65+ to ADT for 5 years.
The hardware and infrastructure costs less than everything that comprises a landline system, both in terms of labor and materials, amd is the size of a deck of cards, why the higher cost?
It seems like all the alarm companies charge more for the perception of wireless as more sophisticated or expensive when they're really just fleecing people.
I found it's much cheaper and more transparent to buy the system and monitoring separately when we built our house. I pay $300/year for wireless monitoring, and it calls the same police department as my neighbors who pay $65+ to ADT for 5 years.
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Posted on 10/20/16 at 5:23 am to GoIrish02
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Why does the GSM wireless card monitoring cost more than the landline?
Have to pay for the cell service. Plus a cellualar communicator cost more than a POTS module and phone cord. When you factor in the cost of the landline phone service they pretty much even out. Instead of paying the alarm dealer that monthly fee you pay the phone company. Same can be said for the broadband communicators.
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