[asterisk-users] alarm POTS lines

[Kevin P. Fleming]

On 12/06/2010 11:21 AM, Jeff LaCoursiere wrote:

> Ah, but it is not for me personally, it is for the ~20,000 residents of the US
> Virgin Islands that currently pay $40/month for a POTS line just for their
> alarm monitoring.  As far as the reliability of POTS lines - in our area, that
> is exactly the problem.  The ancient copper pairs are rusting in our salt air
> and haven't been replaced in decades, and the phone company is dealing with
> bankruptcy, so won't be addressing it anytime soon.  Dead lines are a common
> occurance, and I am willing to bet that many of the alarm panels are at this
> moment unable to place calls and the owner doesn't even know.

If the owner doesn't know, then they have a pretty terrible monitoring 
service :-) All the ones I am aware of here will notice that a 
customer's panel has not 'called home' in a short period of time and 
call the customer to let them know.

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