Why a cellular alarm is a must

Cellular Alarm Systems provide the highest level of security at a still very affordable price by removing the vulnerability of an external phone line. Instead of being dependent on a phone line to notify the monitoring company of a break in, they notify the monitoring company over a cellular GSM signal. The cellular unit is built into the newest of keypads. No large antennas or external cell units to be installed. Click link for a picture of the new cellular touch screen keypad made by 2gig.


Problem 1: With older alarm systems about the only way to bypass an alarm is to find the external phone box on the side of a home or apartment and cut the phone line. On the side of every home is a demarcation box that has a picture of a phone on it. Any 12 year old kid can find your phone line and disconnect your standard alarm. Kind of scary? Yes. Dont get me wrong, your alarm will still make alot of noise if someone breaks in after cutting your phone line, but no police officer will be notified unless your neighbors take matters into their own hands to call 911.

Problem 2: Phone companies are changing their technology daily. We now have Voice Over I.P or VOIP. We have Magic Jack internet phone through Time Warner, Cox, and Comcast, we have homes with digital phone lines like AT&T and Verizon. Non of these phone providers will work with an alarm. Anyone that has recently upgraded your phone company to one of these after your alarm was installed probably is paying $45 a month for your alarm service and your not even being monitored! The alarm company installed your alarm when it had a working standard phone line to every jack in the house. The alarm company will not know if you upgraded your phone provider. And you do not know that it hasnt been monitored till now. Set off your alarm and see if your alarm company calls within 10 seconds to check on you. If they dont, your alarm isnt being monitored.

If either of these problems concerns you about your alarm system keep reading.

Easy fix: If you already have an older alarm system that is connected through your phone line contact a company like Protect Our Troops or Brigade Military Security that pay for alarm upgrades for your existing alarm. Your existing alarm company will charge you service fees and equipment costs to upgrade your system. But these organizations listed above help military families get these important upgrades for free.

If you dont have an alarm system yet but your soon to buy one, contact ProtectOurTroops.org or Brigade Military Security to see what kind of offers they have on the new cellular alarms.