Even $55 is a little too much (i think). I pay $21 monthly
without a contract and even though I have a Honeywell system these guys support pretty much everything.
Here is what is covered:
- Dual path. System is connected via cell tower and my home WiFi simultaneously. If one fail signal still gets send through the other.
- Advanced Protection (Smash Proof) - Some technology built into the panel that needs to be enabled through the service provider - like an add on.
- Honeywell App (i can arm/disarm and check on the alarm status remotely).
I'm with them for 3 years.
From time to time we will forget the alarm is on and open a door or sometimes even do it intentionally just to check whether the central station is operating as expected.
Response time from central station during this 3 years period was from 30 seconds to 3.5 minutes. Not bed, my neighbor have Comcast and in one of his test they also took 3.5 minutes to respond.
I cannot say anything about their customer service since I never needed it but as far monitoring goes, they do a good job:
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