Re: autodialer with no land line

["Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx>]

Alan wrote:
> 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

Some night you could run a line over to  your neighbors house, (who's
not as cheap as you and has a telephone)  and tap into his line. If you
bury the wire, he'd never even know you did it.

Ghawd, ya only spend $200 bucks on an alarm system to protect your home
and your family, the most valuable things in your life, and ya can't
squeeze out a couple of bucks a month to have it monitorted correctly?
Jeeeeeeze, get a friken phone line and have it monitored by a 24hour
central station. What's it worth to you to have your house burn down or
your family terroized because your alarm system left a message on your
voice mail an hour ago.

I don't get it.  I really don't get it!  Am I missing something ......
or what?