Comcast Offering Home Security Bundle

vaporland writes "Bloomberg reports that media giant Comcast has begun offering home security bundles with cable or phone service in selected markets. From the article: 'The Philadelphia-based company is starting Xfinity Home Security in seven markets for $39.95 a month. It lets users remotely adjust lights and thermostats, watch cameras, and get e-mail or text alerts when doors and windows are opened and closed. Customers can watch live video of their homes on an Xfinity website or with an Apple Inc. iPad application.'"

Comments

Convergance

[Bananatree3]

Convergence: When your home automation, grid power, security, telephone, TV, internet and wireless companies are all owned by the same conglomerate

Linking physical security to the Intertubes?

[zonky]

What could possibily go wrong!

Re:Uplinks

[fuzzyfuzzyfungus]

If this is anything like their quasi-VOIP offering a while back, they'll specifically run all their blessed-and-packaged stuff over a separate logical link(and no, the existence of that link on the same physical line in no way implies that we could remove it and offer better upstream bandwidth. Shut up, consumer, and watch some pay-per-view.) and call it a feature.

Re:Not just Comcast

[compro01]

Sasktel over here in Saskatchewan has offered this for years.