Consumer Alert: Smoke Alarm Recall

Kidde has recalled almost 500,000 dual-sensor smoke detectors in the U.S. and Canada because a manufacturing malfunction can compromise the devices’ ability to detect smoke. Specifically, a yellow cap that was left on during manufacturing can cover one of the...

Notice from Honeywell

January, 2018 To Our Valued Customers and Friends: For over three quarters of a century, Honeywell has provided you with innovative, high quality and cost-effective security products and services. I would like to personally thank you, and everyone in your company, for...

3G CDMA Update

You may have read that Verizon will no longer support 3G CDMA devices beyond Dec. 31, 2019. They have an update that they want you to know about. Read it here.

Comcast Internet Outage

Yesterday, folks across the country reported that Comcast internet was down — an unusually large outage that lasted around 90 minutes. It turns out that the problem was caused by Level 3, an enterprise ISP that provides the backbone for other internet providers...

Brick company sues City of Little Rock over false alarm ordinance

A block and brick company has filed a class-action lawsuit against the city of Little Rock over an ordinance that imposes fees on repeated false alarms. The 18-page lawsuit, filed in the Pulaski County Circuit Court last week, argues that the city’s False Alarm...

Hurricane Harvey

The FCC is posting their communication updates regarding Hurricane Harvey here. A less official, but sometimes easier to navigate source is DownDetector.