Does it require a subscription in order to SMS
195323
Yes it would require a subscription for that. But it's inexpensive for so many features it offers. I love this product and all that it does for the money.
195324
Yes in order to receive text or emails when the sensor is tripped you need a subscription.
195325
Not on the Vera 3 with a MiCasa Verde account. But I could never get it to work with Vera. It would trip day and night and Vera could not control it to go into bypass in daylight.
195326
If you're looking to use it with the official Nexia system, it does require a subscription. With Vera or HomeSeer, it does not.
1440987
I signed up on their website, but did not pay for any of their services. The basic email and message alerts were free but if you wanted more than that then you had to pay for a monthly service plan. The free service works great for me.
1175855
It has an answering machine. The subscription is for special ringtones, etc.
1564542
Yes, via text & email (once you set up your email service). This one doesn't have the "tap" transfer function...
1296843
No cell service required. Just gotta have your Bluetooth on, which is independent of cell service. The app will want to be connected to the internet whether through wifi or cell service, but its not a requirement for it to run.
1037625
No. No subscription is required, but the Android and Apple Apps are not free. The Android app is $19.99. There is an optional subscription based service that apparently simplifies setting the apps up to communicate with the device from outside your LAN. It is not required if you know how to configure your router to handle port forwarding.
1069348
you have the option of using the answer machine or not. I do not as I get my messages through my phone service.
1447806
No it doesn't. I'm on the $25 monthly unlimited text and 250 minutes prepaid plan. Works great :)
1141060
Yes although I choose to receive text messages instead. You set that up through the Total Connect website.I use wifi monitoring instead of phone line monitoring.
2006249
no you. need a SIM card. but the SIM card doesn't need to have service. you just need it in the phone in order to start it
556387
no, you do not have to subscribe if you dont want to. i just bought one yesterday from here, i probably will use the data only when i know i will need it, just nice to have if i ever do wanna use it.
2223334
Two things: yearly website subscription and SIM card for the SMS messaging. I believe there is a $5 per year subscription to use the tracking website. There is also whatever service cost for for the SMS SIM card. I recommend Truphone ($30 for a sim card and $15 credit) since their credit expiration is longer than most and receiving SMS messages to the device is FREE. Hope this helps.
262395
Obviously this thing needs access to something to send the text. Must be either internet access or cell phone plan itself. But no one has answered what it needs. I don't know either.
1226486
nope and that's why I returned it. You still have to have monthly service, nowhere in there a does it say that. I fully installed the entire system and could not get to work with my phone until I called them and they tried to sign me up for the monthly fee. I sent it back and Amazon refunded me my money after reading their ad. Sorry.
403691
Yes it does require a contract. Also, let me caution you, we were very disappointed in the phone. We bought it as new and it clearly is not a new phone!
1766877
NO. It's not like a cellphone or satellite radio service that requires a subscription. The Global Positioning System is a constellation of satellites put up by the US Government. Each one broadcasts a signal that can be used to triangulate your position anywhere on the Earth (with reasonable exposure and reception of the signals, meaning it won't work underground, etc). Your tax dollars already pay for the signals and research to make the antenna small enough to be practical. The wiki page for GPS give more background on it, and things like http://library.thinkquest.org/05aug/01390/animation.htm give animations explaining the basics.
1667493
I believe it does, if you choose to have Verizon as your provider, but you might doublecheck with them. You can however, also use with MVNO Page Plus Cellular Service, which is month to month, and choose to not use data once your phone has activated. You must, however be aware that setup and apps can use cellular data and must therefore use Wifi capability for those functions. Also MMS (pic and video texts) require cellular data (will not work with Wifi), and many people's smartphones use MMS automatically instead of SMS (which does not require cellular data) when texting.