Advanced alarm monitoring services
Alarms usually use the phone line to report activity to the monitoring station. The problem is that alarms don't work reliably with modern digital (VoIP) phone lines used with Naked DSL, wireless internet, or Orcon+ Network connections. They also don't work so well is you don't have any phone line at all! Of course, Monitoring Plus supports the traditional dial-up monitoring on old fashioned analogue PSTN phone lines, but we also we keep pace with technology and are experts at internet based monitoring. So, there's no problem if you've upgraded to a digital phone line, we can still proved a secure and reliable monitoring solution. Order today!
Both existing and new alarm systems can be easily adapted to work with internet based monitoring. This involves getting a qualified installer to add a converter box to your alarm ($99 + instillation fees), and connecting it to your modem/router. Note that, in some situations you modem or router may need to be upgraded if it does not support multiple network devices.
It's important to consider that internet connections are not as reliable as the good old analogue phone network. If your internet connection goes down, or you have a power cut, then you are vulnerable because your alarm cannot communicate with our monitoring station. In most places, such occurrences are becoming uncommon, but they do still happen from time to time.
To ensure the best possible reliability, it's a good idea to have a back-up internet connection for your alarm monitoring in case you main internet goes down. Monitoring Plus will soon be able to offer an internet reporting adaptor that includes a back-up mobile broadband connection. Note that we take care of the mobile data plan for you, so you don't need to worry about subscribing to two internet services. This converter is a little more expensive (around $249 + installation fees), but worth it because not only gives you continued monitoring protection when your internet is down, also when you have a power cut.