Monitored Alarms on Broadband - The Issue
The number of homeowners upgrading to a broadband line is increasing rapidly according to recent reports. The upgrade consists of changes to the line at the exchange and the provision of a Broadband Modem and microfilters to be installed in the home. The purpose of the microfilters is to separate the speech from the... [Read More]

What is an Alarm Filter
In the case of a break-in to your home you need to be assured that your alarm panel will successfully dial out to the monitoring station and report the intruder presence. On a simple “old fashioned” telephone line, the alarm panel simply dials out in the same way that we dial to make a telephone call. In this case, there is no other signal present on the line to interfere with the process. When your line is upgraded to broadband, the computer, by the very nature of broadband is always connected. So the alarm panel doesn’t have a “clean” line to dial out over. An example of an alarm filter developed specifically for the European security... [Read More]

Taking Control of the Telephone Line
Another feature that should be considered for added security is the ability of your alarm panel to “take control” of your telephone line in the base of a break-in. That’s where a function called... [Read More]

So What do I do Now ?
So, as a home owner, where do you go from here. Well there are a couple of options. Firstly you can do nothing and hope either that you don’t suffer a break-in, or if you do, then the system works as... [Read More]