Macau convicts ‘junket king’ Alvin Chau

The 48-year-old founder of Suncity Group pioneered the junket industry that brought high rollers from mainland China to gamble in Macau, the only place in the country where casinos operate legally. At its peak during the 2010s, junkets contributed the …

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Should I get SME for Alarm.com or AlarmNet for my Vista 20p? If Alarm.com, LTE w/ fallback or LTE Cat-M w/ no fallback?

Hey r/homesecurity!

I posted previously here: https://www.reddit.com/r/homesecurity/comments/zw5ngr/should_i_reuse_this_system_in_new_house_or_scrap/

Some updates:

  • I upgraded to. a 6160RF so I can program it.
  • Battery is pretty much shot and dies after ~30 minutes (found out when I killed the breakers to do some electrical work). Replacing this.
  • I now have my own passcode to it.
  • All of the sensors work. Some of the smoke detectors and CO monitors are close to EOL, so will be replacing those.
  • I bought a few additional window/door open sensors and connected them.

I also changed all of my primary light switches and my landscape light switch over to Lutron.

Now I’m looking for a central monitoring service for the alarm component, and better integration between my Honeywell system and other smart home things (e.g. Lutron).

It looks like I have 2 primary options: get an SME for Alarm.com or AlarmNet (which looks like Honeywells Total Connect system).

Would you recommend going one way or the other knowing that I have a significant investment into the Lutron ecosystem (but no other smart home items yet)?

If Alarm.com, it looks like there are 2 Verizon SMEs… 1 for LTE/IP (4G LTE w/ 3G HSPA, and 2G GSM) and 1 for LTE Cat-M/IP (4G LTE CAT-M1 Network, No Fallback). Both have wired ethernet and also function as a Z-wave controller. Is one seen as preferential? Does it make a difference?

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