Re: Opinions on backup reporting devices

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Jul 9, 11:10=A0am, G. Morgan <G_Mor...@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Jim Wrote:
>
> >For what reason do you or I need another "partner" in sending alarm
> >signals to central station. We pay the phone company, we pay the
> >ISP's. We pay the central stations. Why do we have to pay anyone else?
> >I can't believe that there's no way to just send a signal to central
> >station by just using a cellular phone device ..... same as a land
> >line telephone without paying someone eles for the "privilege" of
> >doing it because they manufacture equipment that can only operate
> >using a network that they control.
>
> If you can negotiate with the cell carriers to use their "control
> channel", go for it.

Uh I think we all went through that debacle just a few years ago