SECURITY

[henry r]

The town i live in got broadband several years ago and the droping out thing has been an issue since day one.

The plan with broadband was to shut the copper system (though this may have changed with the change of government) so there is no long term relief going back to the copper network.

Another thought is what happens in a blackout? The telecom system still worked without the power. Blackouts are nowhere near as common as 25 years ago but they still happen.

Is the alternative some sort of mobile based system that calls out if the alarm activated?

It will be interesting to see how this pans out.

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[Gil Boyd]

Henry,

I am in this field and can say there are so many variations on the same theme, but it all comes down to cost.
You can easily at low cost ask for all your home alarm settings to be pushed to you on mobile telephone as well as video motion detection. So in short put a box around your home and as soon as someone enters that box, you get an image and an alarm notification.
Its as simple as that.
But as I say, there are too many variants to list, as everybody wants something different, but in the UK the Police Firearms Licensing do ask if your home is alarmed, and of course Section 5 dealers etc have greater security for obvious reasons!

I know Australian alarm companies do follow some of the UK bits they like and place them on their systems.
Get your alarm company back and reappraise it all.