Amazon Ring Partners With Rapid Response For $10 Monitoring

Author: Brian Rhodes, Published on Jul 10, 2018

Amazon's Ring alarm system is using Rapid Response for monitoring, IPVM has confirmed in our testing.

Amazon is arguably the most feared new entrant into the alarm monitoring market ever. With their huge size scale, with an $800 billion valuation, and hyper-aggressive expansion tactics, Amazon has disrupted various industries. Now, with $10 monthly monitoring, 1/3rd less than Simplisafe, and using Rapid Response, how much could Amazon hurt the traditional industry?

Inside this note, we examine the impact of Amazon / Ring using Rapid Response.

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Comments (17)

Shannon Davis

TED Systems | 07/10/18 05:54pm

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | 07/10/18 05:57pm

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Undisclosed #1

07/10/18 06:34pm

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Undisclosed Distributor #2

07/11/18 08:40am

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Mark Palka

IPVMU Certified | 07/11/18 11:24am

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Brian Rhodes

IPVMU Certified | 07/11/18 01:21pm

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Undisclosed Distributor #2

In reply to Brian Rhodes | 07/11/18 06:04pm

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Lee Jones

Support Services Group | 07/11/18 06:14pm

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IPVM | In reply to Lee Jones | 07/11/18 06:26pm

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Mark Palka

IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Honovich | 07/11/18 02:47pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Mark Palka | 07/11/18 02:50pm

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Mark Palka

IPVMU Certified | In reply to John Honovich | 07/11/18 03:09pm

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Lee Jones

Support Services Group | In reply to John Honovich | 07/11/18 07:06pm

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John Honovich

IPVM | In reply to Lee Jones | 07/11/18 07:11pm

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Lee Jones

Support Services Group | In reply to John Honovich | 07/11/18 07:54pm

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Mark Palka

IPVMU Certified | In reply to Lee Jones | 07/11/18 02:34pm

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Undisclosed #3

07/11/18 08:23pm

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