T-Mobile Cellular Backup for Nest’s home security system for $5/month or $50/year: IoT discussion
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theverge.comPosted Sep 20, 2017, 11:21 PM UTC
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theverge.comCellular backup is a common component of home security. Basically, a home security system is not very useful if it can't call you or police when there's an alarm. So all a burglar has to do is shut off the power and cut the phone/cable lines and the alarm system can't call out.
With a cellular backup, the security system can still call out using a cellphone service--in this case TMobile.
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Now all you need to do is bring a cell phone jammer with you 😊
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So all a burglar has to do is shut off the power
I hear that all this time but I'm genuinely curious: how on earth would a burglar "shut off the power"?
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Cut the power line going to the building?
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Which in quite a few places mean digging a several feet deep hole into the ground at the exact correct spot. In which case I believe we're not dealing with your regular neighborhood burglar, and most security systems wouldn't really work anyway ha.
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In a lot of places it doesn’t though... overhead cables, breaking in to the garage and flipping the breakers etc
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In most residential areas your meter / master breaker's outside, secured only by a tiny padlock or tamper proof cable tie to prevent power theft.
Anyone with a pair of side cuttters can easily shut your power off by pulling out the meter or flipping the breakers once the panel's open.
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A lot of houses have their main panel breaker outside. This is true for every house I've lived in. Just open up the panel and flip the switch. For better or worse, it is that easy.
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The nest secure will still work without power? Does it come with battery backup?
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That's cool but I think some people would still complain about T-mobile service in their home where they actually need wifi calling would probably be better with a Fi like service with multiple carrier options.
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Obviously you wouldn't choose it if you weren't in a TMO coverage area
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woulda done me nada with Irma and barely any service
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Move then.
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if only people around me didn't have data on Verizon and I wasn't camped on AT&T when T-Mobile service went out
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I'd pay $5/month for wifi backup. Is that what it is? Can I use it independent of the official nest home security system?
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Why pay for WiFi backup? If a burglar cuts the power guess what happens to your router and thus that backup.
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That's why you plug the router into a power backup. Wifi backup keeps the router going if the cable is cut.
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What about the termination from your ISP? Not everyone has a modem they can also plug into the UPS backup, and not every ISP provides a battery backup in the termination box.
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What if the thieves cut the power, cut the coax/fiber, intercept the backup copper dry-pair alarm, jam 3G/LTE, and also muzzle the neighborhood dogs?
...If someone is that motivated, you’ll never stop them.
LTE fall-back or simply putting your ISP on battery is pretty reasonable given the low likelihood of even seeing a break-in, let alone one by a competent and highly skilled adversary.
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My coax line is chillin in the front yard. Would take all of 20 seconds to lift the cover and cut it.
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perfect pricing for the apple watch
With how infrequently the watch falls back to LTE it outta just be a damned free addon.
Can you not use the watch completly separate from the phone?
I think the person you replied to is referring to this.
Oh.