Re: Telular Telguard TG-1 & TG-4 Service Pricing

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Maybe they don't have accounts with Telguard and don't want to open one for
just one account.




<racerx90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Actually, I think the monitoring pricing sounds reasonable for the
| services. The problem I'm running into right now is that it doesn't
| seem to be so easy to find anyone who wants to monitor it with the
| Telguard TG-4. I've emailed 8 different alarm monitoring services now
| and everyone who responded doesn't want to activate it with the
| Telguard unit (at least those who have replied, there's still a few
| that haven't replied yet.)
|
| Honestly, it seems kind of weird as it's sold at several of the online
| Security/Home Automation companies (and it seems like one of the
| easiest solutions to install/configure), yet the alarm monitoring
| companies they recommend either use AlarmNet or Uplink - but not the
| Telguard systems.
|
| Anyhow, thanks for the responses. Hopefully I can get this straightened
| out (since I already bought the unit.)
|
| Bob La Londe wrote:
| > I charge 10.95 to 12.95 for cellular in additon to the monitoring
| > charge.  For stand alone I charge based on the estimated traffic upto
| > 29.95 for some locations.  Since I usually do not sell to DIYs I have a
| > pretty good idea what the traffic will be when I setup the system.
| >
| > The TG-1 basic charge is less, but its intended for sites with no phone
| > line and so the net cost could be much higher depending on the amount
| > of signal traffic.  The TG-4 is the standard plug-in communicator to go
| > between a panel and a phone line and the net cost can be much less if
| > there is a lot of signal traffic as long as the phone line remains
| > operational.
|