Comments on: InGrid caught breaking and entering DIY home security market

InGrid, one of the leading developers of digital home protection services, has entered the fray with the announcement today of the direct-to-consumer availability of its Digital Home Protection system.

[MadLyb]

The real numbers

Most security companies subsidize the equipment and install based upon a service contract just like cell phones and for the same cost as these packages, you get motion and smoke detectors, more sensors, and tamper detectors for the phone line. Also, most discount the monthly monitoring fee well below $29.99/month.

I like the handset, but I don't think the price is attractive as you depict it considering the monitoring contract, the DIY install, and the lack of tamper detection on the broadband.

[MadLyb]

The real numbers

Most security companies subsidize the equipment and install based upon a service contract just like cell phones and for the same cost as these packages, you get motion and smoke detectors, more sensors, and tamper detectors for the phone line. Also, most discount the monthly monitoring fee well below $29.99/month.

I like the handset, but I don't think the price is attractive as you depict it considering the monitoring contract, the DIY install, and the lack of tamper detection on the broadband.

[MadLyb]

The real numbers

Most security companies subsidize the equipment and install based upon a service contract just like cell phones and for the same cost as these packages, you get motion and smoke detectors, more sensors, and tamper detectors for the phone line. Also, most discount the monthly monitoring fee well below $29.99/month.

I like the handset, but I don't think the price is attractive as you depict it considering the monitoring contract, the DIY install, and the lack of tamper detection on the broadband.

[techgaltx]

The REAL "real numbers"

Lets get it right. With traditional security system for low fee (usually $99 but sometimes discounted) you get 1-2 sensors and maybe a motion sensor. Maybe good enough to protect a closet but not a house. I would like to know where I can find no installation fee, full house protection and less than $30 a month monitoring fee, and a phone system, and a an answering machine, and keyless entry ...

In addition, once you pay a fee to a tradition system you get no other benefits. With InGrid you get constant information available about your house. What time kids come home from school, when did dog walker came in and how long your dog was out, how many time you cleaning lady takes a smoke break on a patio. You get none of this with a traditional system. Just patronizing attitude from a security company and hundreds of dollars in fees every time you need to change something. Or convince me that I do not need it because it costs them money. In addition, when I did get alarms they could not even tell me where it came from. The best I could do is a zone and I had to call a reseller/installer to tell me what part of the zone set the alarm. This was unacceptable during an emergency.

I do have InGrid system at home now. And let me tell you, i did get events every time my broadband went down. I didn't even know I had a problem until I installed InGrid. Now cable company fixed something on their side and I no longer get small outages. Besides, InGrid does have a phone backup in case broadband is really out.