garys_2k
join:2004-05-07
Farmington, MI
 ·Future Nine Corpor..
·Vonage
| reply to lestat99
Re: VoIP Alarm Panel Monitoring
I understand, I just think they'd be more progressive if they abandonded the "over a phone line" paradigm completely and took a fresh look at what they're trying to accomplish. Perhaps the alarm companies are waiting for an equipment supplier to do that for them.
I guess if I was an alarm equipment supplier I'd be thinking long and hard about it, as it could be an opportunity to provide much more worthwhile monitoring (real time video, relaying of floor plans, embedded audio, etc.) than is possible via an analog phone line.
The company that does this could make a fortune with sales of head end and customer equipment. Mostly software, of course, but the customer box would take some hardware smarts. You could build it around a stripped down PC without too much trouble. |
