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Jim (Posted on 06/18/13, 10:53 AM)
I’ve never sold a TV. I accompany my customers to their store(s) of choice and provide them with my expertise in choosing compatible equipment that is suitable for their home. There is no in- store sales person that can “guess”…
Julie Jacobson (Posted on 06/14/13, 08:04 PM)
Precisely, David.
David (Posted on 06/14/13, 07:51 PM)
The touchstone product is geared towards home automation, not home security, the touchstone product is not even monitored by a central monitoring station, hence why there is no cellular connection. I think they launched this…
Kevin Raposo (Posted on 06/14/13, 07:31 AM)
“the DIY model does not contain a cellular radio for always-on communications and interacting with a security monitoring station.” Very interested to see how this works out. This means a home would require a wifi…
Terrence (Posted on 06/13/13, 10:18 PM)
I can’t see why anyone would pay a monthly fee for a DIY home automation system. There are many products on the market that offer the same feature that do not require a monthly subscription. The existing iControl converge…
Julie Jacobson (Posted on 06/13/13, 07:35 PM)
I think the move makes sense. If they can get good reps to cover the entire line and be ultra-incentivized to push the group of products (and drop competing lines), then it could be a very positive move. True that a lot of really good…
Julie Jacobson (Posted on 06/13/13, 06:23 PM)
Hi, Tom—I don’t know where you got that, but it is completely incorrect. I like ADT and their business model and the Pulse system. It is in fact an entirely different iControl platform (the original iControl,not the uControl platform)…
tom (Posted on 06/13/13, 06:01 PM)
Julie you always seem to have a negative bias against ADT (or maybe icontrol) in your articles. I am an integrator and have used both ADC and Pulse in several situations (not Honweywell) and I don’t understand your reasoning. I think…
makeitadouble (Posted on 06/13/13, 03:20 PM)
The bigger you get the more the left hand does know what the right hand is doing…. usually customer service goes away and everyone acts all corporate and just worries about C.Y.A. themselves. Than the company just cares about…
Julie Jacobson (Posted on 06/13/13, 01:38 PM)
I don’t think they’d charge for support. $10/month obviously isn’t worth it for a single camera, but it becomes more appealing with multiple cameras, a thermostat and some other ZigBee stuff. Thing is ... the platform doesn’t…
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