Hacker News Reader

Comment by case | Hacker News Reader

Fwiw, a few UPS devices (for battery backup) could help out in this scenario.

This is what most security companies do if they are any good. A battery backup with cell connection. Can easily replicate it yourself using a mobile hotspot on an old phone. Along with some usb battery packs. Pretty cheap and easy to make a solution. (Under $50)

The premise is that having this on the cloud is supposed to make it easier and not require this complex setups. For instance, not needing a recording station in the house that can be stolen or a Telco chipset with an alternative power source.

If you do this on the cloud, you can call from a cloud provider and record outside the house. Nest could easily call you from Twilio after 1 minute of being disconnected and it will achieve the same.

Dropcam isnt a security cam. Its for checking on cats or kids. If you need security UPS then you can rig up a battery pack and a backup mobile hotspot with an old phone. I dont see how Nest could reproduce this anyways without adding a simcard and gsm to their cams.

It would require me to back-up the ISP router, the Apple Wifi router and 3 cameras - so 5 UPS. Yet even if I did that, given that my Internet connection comes via fiber, if they cut the Fiber, I am still out-of-luck.

It's as if an alarm company said, we will notify you after 30 minutes if someone comes into you house.

Reply on news.ycombinator.com