Cellular/Internet Communication

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In the field of home security, the seismic shift in communications technology has opened up many options for communication to our Central Monitoring Station and, if you desire, with you on the internet or on your cellular or satellite phone.

Expanded Options

Your world of communications, in what seems to be a blink, has changed dramatically, and will continue to change each passing day. The shift from wire-based systems such as the telephone to wireless and cellular is as dramatic as the shift to the telephone from the telegraph.

You can now maintain contact with the rest of the world from almost any spot on earth. Cellular and satellite technology make us a linked world.
In the field of home security, the seismic shift in communications technology has opened up many options for communication to our Central Monitoring Station and, if you desire, with you on the internet or on your cellular or satellite phone.

The vast percentage of security systems installed in homes such as yours are dependent totally on the telephone lines for communication with the monitoring station. The question is all too often posed: “What happens if an intruder cuts the phone line?". Simply put, the siren or horn will go off as per normal, but the alarm panel cannot contact the Central Monitoring Station to report the break in.

At this point, the homeowner is depending solely upon the horn or siren and the strobe if so equipped to scare the intruder away. In many cases it will; however, the premises remain wide open to others until secured properly.

Most residential burglaries are crimes of convenience or opportunity. Intruders don't plan to enter a specific home; they seize upon an immediate opportunity to do so.

The presence of good physical security and an alarm system is usually enough to send them to a neighbor's home, where they know that they can find the same things as in yours, but with little risk or difficulty in entering.

However, the opposite is true with commercial burglaries or robberies where thieves are often more knowledgeable in such matters. The professional thief knows the value of security systems but attacks the premises anyway.

There the risk of loss of contents far exceeds the extra costs of cellular backup and can be a cost effective solution to telephone line cut by professional thieves.

You can utilize the cellular features of a Johns Brothers security system to maintain not only contact with our Central Monitoring Station in the instance of a severed phone line, but also to provide you continuous information and updates on the status of your residence. This feature is available to you to implement, is cost effective and provides a very desirable redundancy of protection.

This backup feature is important and serves as a precursor to the total integration of your security system into the communications network available to you to control the system, receive reports and posts regarding the status of home.