[TriLUG] OT: Home Security without the phone line?

[Jim Ray]

Smith and Wesson makes a great security system that does not use phone
lines at all.


-----Original Message-----
From: trilug-bounces at trilug.org [mailto:trilug-bounces at trilug.org] On
Behalf Of Greg Brown
Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2008 8:38 PM
To: Triangle Linux Users Group General Discussion
Subject: [TriLUG] OT: Home Security without the phone line?

Having an old-style land line is just killing me (from a technical
standpoint); it's just so darn unnecessary with VoIP, etc, etc.  Granted
my
cell phone (and no provider of which I am aware) works with a hoot out
in my
neck of the woods so I can't go "cell only".  I suppose I've read too
many
horror stories about VoIP and phone-based security systems not working
very
well together.  Does anyone have any first person experiences INCLUDING
verification the system actually works?

My question then is thus: what are my options for security monitoring
over
the Internet?  I am looking for fire and break-in sensing and, past
that,
I'm not 100% sure what.

I want this #@%$#! phone line out of here.  What are my options?
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