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How people communicate with one another has undergone enormous changes in the last few years — and as a result, the home phone line that for decades was a cornerstone of customers’ alarm systems has begun to seem like an endangered species. According to the Federal Communications Commission, about two-thirds of U.S. homes now have a broadband connection such as DSL or a cable modem. And increasing numbers of Americans are also using that connection to support voice service using VOIP. Combine this with the near-ubiquity of cell phones and we now have a situation where many households have no traditional telephone. 

To many people, the name ADT is synonymous with residential security — much like Coke and soda (or pop if you’re from the Midwest).  The company, however, has a $2 billion a year commercial security unit, which is proactively building cutting-edge solutions for business and government customers.

OnSSI, Pearl River, N.Y., announced that its video management platform, Ocularis, passed compatibility testing with iRa C3 from Lextech Lab, Lisle, Ill.

IntercomsOnline.com, Nashville, released a new whitepaper on its website designed to help security system and access control dealers make more sales in applications where long-range wireless voice communication and remote entry point opening are needed. 

When the chief security officer for a busy metro transit authority thought it all through, he knew that the nerve center for his system needed a complete overhaul.  

Winsted Corp., Minneapolis, a manufacturer of stock, customized and custom console solutions, announced the immediate availability of its new 2011/2012 catalog.

Virtually every wired camera, access control reader, intercom or other device we install for our clients requires some kind of power for the unit to operate. The powering of devices is always a concern for technicians and, as has been common in our industry for the past century, different vendors will use different methods to power their devices.

Effectively notifying the public of a situation today will test the integrator’s knowledge of the vast array of possibilities.

The ability to communicate with the public when an emergency occurs is critical. Each new incident that occurs on site or elsewhere highlights the issues, deficiencies and problems that can occur if people can’t be informed in time that there is a shooter on a campus, or a bomb entering a military site.