FYI (double post), the Ting device was provided to me for free by State Farm and it came with 3 years of free monitoring. I didn’t think much about the device until we had a power outage and I got a notification from the App. And then after a whole house generator was installed, I also got notifications that the device knows when the house is being supplied by generator power and sent notifications about utility power loss, and then when power was restored, but running on the generator, and when utility power is restored. So, this device definately has proven useful. However, the free service reverts to a paid subscription soon and I’m also looking for another solution, even if it’s DIY.
UPDATE: as of March 05, 2025, State Farm insurance will continue to pay for the Ting sensor subscription as long as a customer has a qualifying home owners policy.
Call your State Farm agent, they might be willing to extend the subscription. Let me know if that works. My “Ting” is in the mail, so my clock is just now starting.
Interesting that the free subscription expires for you. I just received notice of it from State Farm and there is no expiration listed at all. Maybe it’s a different locale, or there’s a newer policy now. Or, maybe I’m bad at reading lol, though I did scour through the whole website looking for fees.
The message we got from Ting today was that they have an API on their list but have not seen enough interested to elevate the priority. If you have Ting and would use an integration API, please reach out to their support [[email protected]] and let them know its important to you.