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Originally Posted by The Dawg
Has anyone found a solution to using a VOIP for the house alarm? I really want to drop AT&T's landline. 
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Many alarms can be switched to use the Security Industry Association protocol for communicating
with the provider. SIA protocol normally works fine over VoIP. ADT, a major alarm company, has a
list of VoIP providers that they've tested and approved. Your alarm company may very well tell you
that their service won't work with VoIP een though it would work just fine. They tell you that to
avoid a tech support call in case it doesn't work. So rather than asking them about VoIP, ask them
if your system supports the standard SIA protocol, and insist that you speak to the person who
actually knows what SIA is, rather than the $7.50/hour script reader. Consider what happens during
a power outage, though. Does your VoIP setup have a UPS, or battery backup?
Systems based on a wireless phone card, commonly called cellular systems, are also available
but the phone module isn't cheap.