At ESX 2010, a panel titled “Barbarians at the Gate: Preparing for Alternative Carrier Technologies” was presented to attendees. It was a fascinating discussion of not only where the industry has come from and where it is going with the use of technology for alarm signal transmission, but also why communications businesses are motivated to drive the changes that they make. A similar panel was presented at the December 2010 California Alarm Association convention. It was recorded and transcribed by SDM, and is presented on the following pages in condensed form, accompanied by a few of the dozens of slides that were presented live.