Ready for the next ice storm
Power and phone outages happen here. These options keep your cameras and alarm running, and your family in touch, until things are back to normal.
Keep the system running
Battery backup
Right-sized battery backup for the alarm, camera recorder and network keeps them running for hours during an outage, with an alert before the battery runs low.
Backup internet
If your cable or fiber line goes down, the network can switch to a cellular or satellite connection on its own, so alerts still reach you and you can still see your cameras. A backup line has its own monthly cost, which we show up front.
Protect the house while you're away
Freeze and leak alerts
Temperature sensors and water sensors in the basement, under sinks and by the water heater text you the moment something's wrong, before a frozen pipe becomes a flood.
Weather and emergency alerts
Severe-weather warnings that turn on lights or speak through your speakers, so nobody sleeps through one.
Stay in touch when phones don't work
Family two-way radios
Simple handheld GMRS radios, programmed with a family channel plan and a printed pocket card. GMRS needs an FCC license: $35, no exam, good for ten years, and it covers your immediate family. GMRS channels are shared with other users, so they're for coordination, not private conversation.
Off-grid text messaging
Small, license-free radios that send short text messages between family members when cell service is down. They can relay over the Capital District's volunteer-run community mesh network, where coverage varies by street, so we test reception at your home before recommending it.
Be ready before the next outage.
Tell us about your home and we'll be in touch to set up a time.