$25 Cellular Alarm Monitoring

Cellular alarm monitoring with no interactive services is a common request at Alarm Grid. In order to accommodate those users looking for cellular monitoring, but who do not have any interest in the interactive side of monitoring (like Total Connect 2.0 or Alarm.com), this plan is for you. Cellular Alarm Monitoring also includes IP or WIFI monitoring service at no additional charge.

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Alarm Monitoring can work in a number of ways. Cellular monitoring, which is also known as "wireless monitoring" is the most reliable kind of communication. It uses cellular towers to communicate in the same way that a cell phone uses cell towers. These towers are reliable, and the service that is provided by them is nearly impossible to disrupt.

WIFI or IP monitoring is another form of wireless communication that security systems use. While a bit faster than cellular, systems relying on IP monitoring are as reliable as the local internet connection. This connection, while generally reliable, is nowhere near as difficult to disrupt or as reliable as the cellular communications. For this reason, Alarm Grid recommends a hybrid system. A system that relies both on WIFI and cellular wireless monitoring is known as a dual path system. This is the most reliable form of communication. It relies on the speedy sending of messages that the WIFI mode of communication ensures, but backs up to the cellular communication in case the WIFI or IP connection is not working.

Old systems have always relied on phone lines. Modern phone systems, however, are nearly all Voice Over IP (VOIP). While convenient and significantly cheaper than the reliable, analog copper wires of the past, VOIP is not ideal for security systems. The lack of reliability when using VOIP makes it a poor choice for modern systems. And its reliance on the local IP network as well as a number of digital switches on the way from wherever the panel is to wherever the signal is going makes it the least reliable form of communication. It is necessarily less reliable than even the IP communication.

For those looking for the most reliable, most modern security system, wireless monitoring is a must, and dual-path monitoring is the best of both worlds! Sign up today and have Alarm Grid monitor your security system.