Dedicated Cellular Connection
Your system communicates over its own secure cellular link, not a shared phone or cable line.
Callaway Security & Sound builds every system on a dedicated wireless cellular connection, the same way your cell phone works. No exposed phone line to cut, no dependence on your power or internet staying on, just a signal that keeps reaching help. We offer wireless security monitoring service for rates as low as $22.00 per month for new residential and commercial customers.
An alarm system connected to a phone line has an obvious weak point, a wire outside your building that can simply be cut. Callaway Security & Sound builds every system on Alarm.com's dedicated wireless cellular connection, so your alarm signal travels the same way a cell phone call does, with no exposed line to tamper with and no dependence on your power or internet staying on.
A common tactic in a break-in is to find the panel and smash it before it can call for help. Because the alarm signal is sent the instant a sensor trips, not after the panel finishes processing, the alert is already on its way before that ever becomes an option.
A door, window, or motion sensor detects entry while the system is armed.
The alert is transmitted over the cellular connection right away, before any entry delay even finishes counting down.
Even if the panel is damaged seconds later, the monitoring center already has what it needs to respond.
This is the connection working quietly behind every sensor, camera, and lock on your system.
Your system communicates over its own secure cellular link, not a shared phone or cable line.
With no physical line running outside the building, there's nothing for someone to cut before breaking in.
Battery backup keeps the system running and communicating even when the power goes out.
Signals are sent the instant a sensor trips, so even a destroyed panel can't stop the alert from going out.
Where available, cellular and internet paths back each other up, so one going down doesn't take the whole system with it.
The connection between your panel and the monitoring platform is watched continuously, not just when an alarm sounds.
Most older alarm systems were built around a phone line. Here's what changes when that line is removed entirely.
| Scenario | Landline-Based System | Wireless Cellular System |
|---|---|---|
| Line Is Cut Outside | System goes silent | No exposed line to cut |
| Power Goes Out | Depends on backup battery only | Battery backup keeps cellular signal active |
| Internet Goes Down | Not applicable to phone line systems | Cellular path continues independently |
| Panel Is Attacked | Signal may not get out in time | Crash & Smash Protection sends the alert first |
| Connection Health | Rarely checked | Monitored around the clock |
Anywhere losing the connection to your monitoring center isn't an option.
Answers to what customers ask us most about wireless and cellular monitoring.
No. Alarm.com systems communicate over a dedicated cellular connection, so a phone line isn't required at all.
A battery backup keeps your system running and communicating over its cellular connection, even during a power outage.
It's a safeguard that sends the alarm signal the instant a sensor is triggered, rather than waiting on the panel. That means even if someone finds and destroys the panel afterward, the alert has already reached the monitoring center.
There's no phone or cable line running outside the building to cut, since the signal travels wirelessly over a cellular connection.
It's a setup where your system can use both a cellular connection and an internet connection to reach the monitoring center, so if one path has an issue, the other is there as backup.
The connection between your panel and the monitoring platform is continuously supervised, so an interruption is flagged rather than going unnoticed.
We'll review your current setup and get you a clear quote before anything is installed.