Security Camera Question

I also use Foscams. I can pan/tilt/zoom remotely from my phone with 2 way audio as well. It also detects motion, sound or both and can video record it, take a snapshot or both and send you an alert as well. You can have it go to their cloud service or not.

Look on Amazon for the Foscams. They are about $80 each and wifi using your home system. Wireless except for the electrical plug. I use my smartphone to monitor the house and 4 cameras anywhere in the US.

PenMan wrote:
I am thinking about installing some cameras to keep an eye on the house while we are camping. I was looking at the Blink cameras. They use the home wi-fi system to upload video/pictures to the cloud and allow monitoring from a smart phone. Unfortunately they require an upload speed of 2 Mbps minimum. Our lousy CenturyLink only has an upload of from .4 to .75 Mbps. Are there any cameras that will work with this speed? Any help is appreciated.

What speed does the Centurylink router say? What was the promised internet speed? That seems really low. It seems you have something running on an unknown device, the home dsl filter is in the wrong place or you have bridgetap killing the speed before it hits the house.

Check the primary router speed first. Then unplug everything but one reliable computer. Then check the primary router speed. Turn off the smart tv, smart blu ray player and everything else. Does or did your house have an alarm system? Even an alarm system no longer in use from previous owner? Is the primary router on a home run wiring?

For inside the home monitoring I use old smart devices tied to a single app. I turn on the motion detection. I get small snippets of motion. I have bought one tablet so far with a free cellular connection. My plan is to have the cellular tablet connected to wifi. When/if the power drops the free cell connection will kick in. The tablet will have a couple of hours before it dies. Mine uses Freedom Pop. It's a Sprint reseller. Coverage can be spotty depending on where you live.

It's a real shame you can't get the blink system. I bought it when it was on Kickstarter. It's awesome. I highly suggest it.

Another one to look at is the Nest camera, it was dropcam. My dad has that one. It's also excellent. I'm not sure of it's requirements though and of course it's not battery powered like blink.

I have heard that there are some Solar Charged Motion sensor Monitored systems available that might be what You need! They untilize a cellular signal as an alternative to WIFI and Your regular ISP!

I think that one Company calls there's a Yard Cam or site Cam ???

We are in Canada ,but these are American Companies, so No I'm not advertising any particular product. We need something similar here in BC ,but since We travel to the US and Mexico ,haven't found a solution.

Thinking about asking the neighbours to keep their eyes on Our place while We are away!

PenMan wrote:
I am thinking about installing some cameras to keep an eye on the house while we are camping. I was looking at the Blink cameras. They use the home wi-fi system to upload video/pictures to the cloud and allow monitoring from a smart phone. Unfortunately they require an upload speed of 2 Mbps minimum. Our lousy CenturyLink only has an upload of from .4 to .75 Mbps. Are there any cameras that will work with this speed? Any help is appreciated.

Given your abysmal Internet speed, I would suggest you should only upload medium quality still shots, and not video. Many IP Cameras have motion sensing and can be set up when needed to send still pictures to your email address when they detect motion. They also tend to allow you to select the quality of the pictures to send. Browsing Amazon.com should show you a bunch.