- Monitoring Packages Importance of a Cellular Backup Unit for an Alarm System
All monitoring packages listed below provide monitoring services for the security alarm system only. The stated rates do not include a cellular backup unit. A cellular backup unit is strongly recommended to ensure continued system operation and enhanced security. If a cellular backup unit is required for installation or elected as an optional upgrade, an additional fee of $6.00 per month will be added to the monitoring rate. This fee represents our cost to monitor the cellular backup unit. The cellular backup unit itself will be sold at our cost.
Monthly Rate
Our standard monitoring rate is $19.95 per month, billed quarterly in advance at $59.85.
Bi-Annual Monitoring (6 Months)
Our bi-annual monitoring plan is billed every six months in advance at $99.00.
This equals a monthly cost of $16.50.This plan includes over one free month of monitoring every six months, or over two months free in a year. for a total annual savings of $41.40.
Annual Monitoring (12 Months)
Our annual monitoring plan is billed once per year in advance at 178.80.This equals an a monthly cost of $14.95.This plan includes over three free months of monitoring per year, for a total annual savings of $60.00.
Two-Year Monitoring (24 Months)
Our two-year monitoring plan is billed once every two years in advance at $319.20.This equals an average monthly cost of $13.30.This plan saves you $6.65 per month compared to standard monthly monitoring and includes the equivalent of 8 months of free monitoring, for a total annual savings of $79.80.
Three-Year Monitoring (36 Months)
Our three-year monitoring plan is billed once every three years in advance at $385.20.This equals an average monthly cost of $9.95.This plan saves you $10.0 per month compared to standard monthly monitoring and includes the equivalent of 18 months of free monitoring, for a total annual savings of $120.00.
Choosing the Right Monitoring Package
Are you having trouble deciding which monitoring package best fits your budget? Let’s look at some simple math to help make the decision easier.
We’ll start with our Bi-Annual Monitoring Package. At a 3% annual interest rate, $99 in the bank earns about $3 per year. Our bi-annual plan saves you $41.40 annually, which is $38.40 more than bank interest.
Now let’s look at our Three-Year Monitoring Package.
If you kept $385.20 in the bank at the same 3% annual interest rate, your yearly return would be approximately $22.00. By choosing our three-year plan, your savings total $120.00 per year, significantly outperforming the bank return.I think you can see the value: investing in long-term monitoring provides far greater savings than letting that money sit in a low-interest account.