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swato
Citizen
Username: Swato
Post Number: 144
Registered: 5-2001
| | Posted on Thursday, June 30, 2005 - 7:53 am: |     |
Here is a recent trade article regarding digital phone lines and alarm systems.
NewsWire
June 30, 2005
Cablevision offers free security system hook up with VoIP service
BETHPAGE, N.Y.--Recognizing a growing demand over voice over Internet protocol and security systems interoperability, Cablevision Systems announced plans this month to connect digital phone services to security systems as part of any standard VoIP installation.
Industry members from alarm dealers to central station owners have voiced concern over VoIP in recent months. Some of the biggest complaints are incapability issues between the two technologies and lack of enhanced 911 emergency services.
Cablevision Systems is a regional telecommunications company with three million cable television customers in the New York metropolitan area and more than 400,000 digital telephone customers. The company markets its residential phone service under the name Optimum Voice, an extension of its high-speed Internet service Optimum Online.
To ease industry fears, the telecommunications company will ensure communication between fire and burglar alarm panels and the central station that monitors these systems. The company will also guarantee that digital phone customers are linked to the same public safety network as traditional phone customers.
The change in installation policy, which is effective immediately, builds on customer safety and provides a seamless migration from landline-based phone services, the company said.
Metro Alarm
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cmontyburns
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1006
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 1, 2005 - 4:24 pm: | |
Cablevision has also offered E911 (enhanced 911) service from the beginning, and they purport to route calls over their private network for better quality.
I've had the service for a few months, and the quality is indistinguishable from what we experienced with a landline. I kept a basic Verizon line just for the alarm system, though now I'm wondering if I should just have Cablevision wire it all in and drop the Verizon line (which is costing me about $16 a month).
Swato, what do you think?
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Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8065
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 1, 2005 - 4:30 pm: | |
Pony, you make me want to move to South Orange so I can get Cablevision. |
Tom's Little Pony
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1010
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 1, 2005 - 5:19 pm: | |
You just want a piece of our basketball courts. Carpet bagger!
Access to Cablevision is one of the many pleasures of South Orange, though you have to live in the Montrose area to get it. The rest of town is whatever you guys have, I think. |
Nonymous Reingold
Supporter
Username: Noglider
Post Number: 8067
Registered: 1-2003
| | Posted on Friday, July 1, 2005 - 5:25 pm: | |
You really crack me up, Pony. My cow-orker wonders what's wrong with me.
Truth be told, I was an outcast at school because I didn't get the hang of basketball. In NYC, that's a serious deficiency. It was pretty much the only sport at my high school (HS of Music and Art).
I just like chatting about the principles of civic life, which is why I butted in on that thread.
And back to topic, I believe Cablevision covers your whole town.
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Rastro
Citizen
Username: Rastro
Post Number: 1177
Registered: 5-2004
| | Posted on Saturday, July 2, 2005 - 12:37 am: | |
Monty, we're all getting Cablevision here, AFAIK. Actually, there's a VP from Comcast that lives about 100' from West Orange (they have Comcast), and he is stuck with Cablevision as well. |
Tom's Little Pony
Citizen
Username: Cmontyburns
Post Number: 1013
Registered: 12-2003
| | Posted on Monday, July 4, 2005 - 10:12 am: | |
I stand corrected -- and pleased. Cablevision is much cheaper than Comcast, and in my opinion, the quality has been great. |
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