We build. You grow.

Get best community software here

Start a social network, a fan-site, an education project with oxwall - free opensource community software

Get started

Home Security Systems with Cellular Backups | Forum

Topic location: Forum home » Support » General Questions

John Apr 29

Just a FYI for folks. If you have an older residential grade alarm system with a cellular primary or backup, you may want to initiate a test call to your alarm monitoring service. A popular cellular backup device used 3G networks, now being shutdown this year.

I noticed my cell backup device flashed red, and sure enough no longer online. No notice from the alarm company.

Not a huge deal. I'm overdue for a home security overhaul. Going down the Ring Alarm / camera route. No Telco landline needed and comes with a cellular backup option to internet.

Jeremy Blake Apr 29

I've personally just invested in cellular backup to the internet connection itself. I'm using a Cradlepoint so that if I can't reach the internet through Fios, it will automatically route the request via the cellular

Rajesh Rajpo Apr 29

Thanks for the heads up! It's crazy how tech moves, right? I had a similar situation with my old alarm system a while back. One day, it just stopped working, and like you, no heads up from the company. Ended up switching to a more modern setup too. Funny enough, I was debating between a few options, and stumbled upon this cool site talking about security guards. Got me thinking about the whole security setup differently.

Oxwall Software

Please sign in

We build. You grow.

Start a social network, a fan-site, an education project with oxwall - free opensource community software

Home Security Systems with Cellular Backups | Forum