FrontPoint Security Review

If you’re considering a wireless home alarm system, you’ve most likely come across FrontPoint Security. FrontPoint is one of the leading wireless home security system providers in the nation. Let’s take a look at some of the FrontPoint equipment and service, and see how it stacks up against other home security options.FrontPoint’s Wireless CoreAt the heart of the FrontPoint system is GE Security wireless equipment. There are a variety of sensor types you can have with the system, including:

• Door sensors
• Window sensors
• Glass break sensors
• Smoke detectors
• Carbon monoxide detectors
• Motion detectors
• and more.

Each of the wireless sensors communicates with the control panel to create the secure area. The sensors are high-quality, tamper-resistant, and difficult (if not impossible) to disable.

The control panel gets regular signals from the sensors. Depending on the configuration of your system, you might have more than just one control panel, but one is fairly common.

Monitoring and response

When the FrontPoint control panel gets a tripped alarm signal from one of the sensors, it immediately sends a secure signal via the cellular network to the monitoring center. That signal is encrypted, meaning that it’s almost impossible to disrupt it.

You have your choice of monitoring packages from FrontPoint. There are monitoring plans for a number of contingencies, including burglar, fire, and more.

With the Interactive Monitoring plan, you can add another layer of protection. The system can be configured to send you a text (SMS) message whenever it detects a triggered alarm.

Perhaps best of all, FrontPoint’s alert system is fast. Many traditional home security systems have a delay between the time the alarm is triggered and the time they receive the signal. During that delay, a burglar could compromise the system, preventing a singal from being sent.

With FrontPoint, a signal is sent every time a door is open when the system is armed. It then gets a signal when you disarm, as well. If they don’t get the disarm signal, they know something is up.

Latest Technology

FrontPoint will even work for a home that doesn’t have a landline for telephone service. It can use an all-cellular signal and VoIP technology to keep your system humming right along.

Add in the remote access technologies that the system offers, and you have some of the latest advances in home security. You can actually view the real-time status of your home security system via a smartphone app, giving you instant access to your home’s information.

Cost

FrontPoint isn’t the cheapest home security system on the market. An average homeowner can expect to spend around $1,000 or more for the system, depending on their home size and configuration. This isn’t the highest out there, but it’s not the cheapest by any means.

The FrontPoint monitoring service varies depending on your features, but runs around $50 per month. That puts it under many competing systems.

If you’re interested in a wireless home security system with the latest tech, take a look at FrontPoint.

Rating: ****
Reviewed by: HomeSecuritySystems.net, December 2011