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.
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.
Can you elaborate on the “privacy reasons”? I looked in the ToS and I didnt see anything that stands out to me.