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<blockquote data-quote="BryanDP" data-source="post: 3045041" data-attributes="member: 1111"><p>I started out this journey with their competitor, Livewatch. I just didn't dig the equipment that they sent, which was not what the "consultant" on the phone had said it would be. I ended up sending it all back and looking further. Part of the issue was that my house already had a wired system so it just seemed crazy to convert to all wireless.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Alarms and camera systems, while sometimes integrated on the same app, are technically two different systems. Most of my knowledge is on the actual alarm system. On that, if you want to monitor remotely and be able to arm/disarm the system from an app, the lowest price I could find is $8/month for using your own internet connection. I wanted cell monitoring and the lowest I could find for that was $13/month which is actually dual path internet/cell. It is possible to just install the equipment with no monitoring and just arm/disarm from a local keypad.</p><p></p><p>As far as cameras, there's a lot of cheesy things like Blink. I tried a few and didn't like them. I ended up buying a 12 camera system with an NVR. I got it all up and running but my network just didn't have the bandwidth for the 9 cameras I was trying to run. I have five buildings, the furthest of which are over 100' apart and my network is Ethernet over powerline. If it were wired I think it would have worked out great. I ended up using some 480i D-Link cameras that I already owned. They're great for checking on things if one of my outdoor sensors trips from what typically turns out to be a deer.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>Agree. I went with a Vista 20P and while it was a steep learning curve I'm so glad I went that route.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p>This is true for your up/down internet bandwidth but if you place network (IP) cameras on your network they will chew up some of your local network bandwidth. Might not bean issue for a quick wired network but it was too much for my ethernet over powerline network.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BryanDP, post: 3045041, member: 1111"] I started out this journey with their competitor, Livewatch. I just didn't dig the equipment that they sent, which was not what the "consultant" on the phone had said it would be. I ended up sending it all back and looking further. Part of the issue was that my house already had a wired system so it just seemed crazy to convert to all wireless. Alarms and camera systems, while sometimes integrated on the same app, are technically two different systems. Most of my knowledge is on the actual alarm system. On that, if you want to monitor remotely and be able to arm/disarm the system from an app, the lowest price I could find is $8/month for using your own internet connection. I wanted cell monitoring and the lowest I could find for that was $13/month which is actually dual path internet/cell. It is possible to just install the equipment with no monitoring and just arm/disarm from a local keypad. As far as cameras, there's a lot of cheesy things like Blink. I tried a few and didn't like them. I ended up buying a 12 camera system with an NVR. I got it all up and running but my network just didn't have the bandwidth for the 9 cameras I was trying to run. I have five buildings, the furthest of which are over 100' apart and my network is Ethernet over powerline. If it were wired I think it would have worked out great. I ended up using some 480i D-Link cameras that I already owned. They're great for checking on things if one of my outdoor sensors trips from what typically turns out to be a deer. Agree. I went with a Vista 20P and while it was a steep learning curve I'm so glad I went that route. This is true for your up/down internet bandwidth but if you place network (IP) cameras on your network they will chew up some of your local network bandwidth. Might not bean issue for a quick wired network but it was too much for my ethernet over powerline network. [/QUOTE]
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