Eric Schwartz

Living in the beautiful city of Agoura Hills I  have always felt safe.  Crimes happen, but overall Agoura Hills is a very safe place to live.I never really considered a home security system until this year.  I never had anyone burglarize my home nor vandalize my property, but isn’t the point of a security system to deter crime from happening in the first place?

I was now on a mission to find a great system at a reasonable price.  One of the challenges with finding a system is that I need it to communicate to the monitoring company wirelessly because I do not have a land line phone.

I contacted several national companies like ADT, Broadview Security, and Protection One and a local company called, AidAlert.

Broadview Security gave me a typical sales pitch and when I told the representative I was getting bids from

other companies, she immediately starting dissing them.  She then contacted her sales manager by phone and made one final attempt at the getting the sale by offering to lower the equipment price by $150.  I still said no.

I wasn’t convinced that companies like these would be able to offer the type of service I was expecting, so my search continued.

I discovered a relatively new company called, FrontPoint Security Solutions.  Their take on home security is to go completely wireless.  As soon as I viewed their website, I knew that this company understood me.

FrontPoint Security offers a “ready out of the box” home security system. FrontPoint uses the GE Simon XT, a 100%  wireless control panel which connects with all the alarm sensors and links the home to the monitoring center.

What is nice about the GE Simon XT is that it communicates via cellular technology.  No land line necessary.

If this wasn’t cool enough, there is more.  I am able to access and control my entire security system using the web or use  Alarm.com’s iPhone app to control my system.  There is a similar app for BlackBerry’s too.

Monitoring fees with FrontPoint are actually less than going with some of the national companies. Basic protection monitoring is $32.99.

To get all the cool features you need to have Interactive monitoring at only $39.99 a month. This adds:

More information about FrontPoint can be found at frontpointsecurity.com or by calling 866-ALARM-30.