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Article by Steve Nutt

UK based IP Alarms have developed a solution to the VoIP problem that has plagued alarm companies in Canada for many years. The software based Virtual Receiver technology developed by IP Alarms has been made available to Canadian alarm companies whose customers have migrated to VoIP or digital voice and who no longer have traditional telephone landlines available.

Using custom provisioned Linksys VoIP adapters, legacy modem-based security systems and medical PERS systems that use two-way voice can now be monitored using any broadband Internet connection. The Linksys Alarm Monitoring Solution and Virtual Receiver work with any security or medical alarm system that supports the industry standard Contact ID reporting format. For systems that report in other formats, IP Alarms have developed a hardware based receiver upgrade kit that allows Monitoring Centers to use their existing PSTN based alarm receivers to receive signals over IP.

The problem for the electronic security industry is that alarm signals will not communicate reliably when sent over a third party VoIP provider network. Remove the VoIP provider from the equation and it is perfectly reliable to use any model “off the shelf” Linksys VoIP analogue terminal adapter (ATA) equipment for reliable alarm transmission.

The Security Response center in Ontario offers the Linksys Alarm Monitoring Solution to alarm companies and dealers across Canada. The ULC listed Security Response Center, based in Sarnia, Ontario, provides service to hundreds of independent installing dealers across Canada. These installing and servicing dealers have entrusted SRC with tens of thoudands of accounts for monitoring service and they are in their third decade of service. Like IP Alarms, SRC pride themselves on keeping abreast of the technical changes in the fast growing electronic security industry.

IP Alarms R&D is based in Thailand and the Linksys Alarm Montoring Solution is in operation in Monitoring Centers across Europe, Asia, Australia and North America. The Linksys Alarm Monitoring Solution is currently the Only “off the shelf” IP alarm upgrade product on the market with Linksys VoIP adapters available in over fifty countries worldwide.

So, if you are currently keeping your landline for the sole purpose of alarm monitoring, maybe it is time to reconsider and join the millions who are making savings by using Voice over IP.

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