As we grow as a society we have a need for safety and protection. This can be anything from an extra lock on our doors to the use of a deadbolt or even some higher form of security. Most homes and apartments now prefer to use intercoms. You have probably even used one yourself when visiting a friend. An intercom is a brilliant piece of security by allowing you to communicate with anyone who is calling to your home from the outside without answering your door.
When we think of a home intercom you tend to think of apartment intercoms. These are systems which when you arrive in the lobby of most apartment buildings you are presented with a chart. The chart has the names of those who live there and their associated apartment numbers. You then press the number into the intercom and this buzzes the apartment in question through the intercom inside the apartment. This is a way of communication which has existed and been used for a very long time now.
Innovation has advanced this form of communication and allowed people to better protect themselves. Not only can you communicate through apartment intercoms but you can also open the locked door to your apartment building through the lobby with your intercom. You can even see people in some systems. Apartment intercoms now have visual aids which include a small LCD screen which shows you who you are talking to at your front door.
This technology has also been made much smaller and more portable. You can now walk around your apartment, talk through your cell phone and have your visitor hear you through the downstairs lobby intercom. You can also use your cell phone to buzz people into your apartment, not to mention receive visitor calls from your home intercom through your cell phone even when you are not home. As long as you are within the range of your service providers towers you can receive any intercom transmission from your home intercom.
These are just some of the advances in intercom technology that are being utilized today. Why take a chance with something horrible happening at your home? In today’s age we cannot afford to answer the door in the middle of the night without knowing who is there. With all of these fantastic innovations in intercom technology it may be time to upgrade your intercom system, and in turn the security of your home.