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

["Doug" <not@xxxxxxxx>]

I think I would stay with the Telguard TG-4 if you can find a company that
will monitor it for you at a price that you deem reasonable.

Doug

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<racerx90@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Doug-
>
> Thanks for the clarification on this. It makes a lot more sense to me
> now based on your explanation on why a lot of the monitoring services
> aren't so eager to adopt and use the Telguard system. You think this
> would be hurting Telular's business given the potentially cost
> prohibitive model they use which essentially makes it more difficult
> for new monitoring services to sign up new customers. You would think
> they'd want to try to grow their business by making it easy to bring on
> new dealers and customers.
>
> I guess my best route right now is probably to sell the two TG-4 units
> I purchased (actually, it was cheaper to buy 2 - don't ask! ;) and look
> into a different cellular backup solution. My issue is that a lot of
> the systems I've seen out there don't really allow for both primary
> phone line connection and backup cellular protection (I'm not so sure I
> feel comfortable relying on just one method of notification right now.)
> What's even worse is I'm still seeing a lot of the analog based systems
> being pushed right now (excess inventory?) which doesn't make a lot of
> sense to invest in right now given the plan to phase out the older
> analog communication starting in 2008 (or near future.)
>
> There were a few monitoring services I talked with that offer the
> Uplink system, but I'm not so sure its the new GSM based AnyNet one or
> the older CellemetryXG systems. The other drawback to AnyNet is that
> you need to add a serial port to your system in order to gain CID
> notification (I'm already using the built-in serial port on my Caddx
> NX-8e for the DVR/broadband monoring.) I really liked the Telguard
> system since it was essentially a plug and play design by connecting
> in-line to your RJ31X jack.
>
> Also, I agree with a previous comment made regarding the difficult of
> implementing a Cellular system for the DIYer. This definitely is
> becoming more of a challenge than I thought. I would have gladly went
> the professional route if I could get a system I liked, but
> unfortunately I had a bad experience with the local guy that made me
> re-think doing the alarm installation myself. This is the main reason
> for starting down the DIY path in the first place.
>
> Thanks again for the help everyone!
>
> Doug wrote:
>> Telguard charges its dealers a base rate for a set number of signals per
>> month, additional signals incurr additional charges that are billed to
>> the
>> dealer. I can understand a monitoring station's reluctance to monitor a
>> Tellular unit when they have little control over its use,  in the event a
>> unit sends hundreds of signals in a given month, then they will be on the
>> hook for those charges which they would have to try and recover from a
>> customer who may balk at paying the charges and switch to another
>> monitoring
>> station.
>>
>>
>> Doug
>>
>