Re: autodialer with no land line

["Rich" <Rich3784@xxxxxxxxx>]

What type of security would you have?
Your relying on a lot of aux equipment.
A phone line is reliable.





"Alan" <a__l__a__n@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>I am looking for a way to set up an autodialer on my home security
> system without having "land line" phone service.  Two possibilities
> come to mind:
>
> 1) a device that connects the autodialer to my cell phone so that the
> autodialer can call out through the cell phone network.  Down side:
> requires an additional (compatible) cell phone and an additional line
> on my cell phone account ($$).  I've looked briefly at the Dock N Talk
> and a couple of similar devices.  All those options seem to be too
> expensive for my taste (several hundred dollars for cell phone + dock
> device + a year of additional line + autodialer).
>
> 2) Some sort of interface to Skype enabling the call to go out through
> my cable internet service.
>
> There may be a third possibility.  My alarm system can close (or open)
> a relay when announcing an alarm.  There may be a way to use this
> rather than an autodialer to communicate through a computer (triggering
> a SMS message via the internet for example).  Of course a magic box and
> some software would be necessary...
>
> Has someone found a product to do something like this?  Any
> suggestions?
>
> Thanks
>