$5 Alarm SIM Card for GSM Home/Business Security Alarm System

How great is this? It is awesome. I went from $30/mo to $5/yr for my alarm monitoring. If you are like me and think the regular alarm is a waste of time, this is something you should look at. I bought a self monitored alarm with GSM capabilities. I am big into home automation, and I know from a friend who was robbed, the police just don't get to the house in time when someone decides to rob you, alarm or not. So, I decided I would rather be the monitor, with my cameras, and sensors, I could decide to call the cops, or not. So, I got the alarm, and set it up to call/text myself and my fiance, if there was an alarm.You might think that $5 is not much. But, if you setup the alarm to only notify you on a real alarm condition, how many of those do you expect to have in a year? I wasted a couple dollars setting up and testing this, and I still think that I will not need to refill the card this year. However, the money will expire if it is not used in a year. That is fine, because you can add money back to the card. I plan to add $5/yr. If that is not enough I will adjust my plan, but I really think it will be.Setup was simple, but I think that is based on the alarm. I inserted the card, and followed the instructions. I saved the phone number in my phone as "Alarm System" and setup the contact so that it would make sound and notify me no matter what. Remember, I am the monitor. If my alarm goes off I don't want to miss it because I set the phone to silent.For what it is, and what you get, it is ideal. I didn't need to call customer service, so I can't comment on that. I didn't have any issues in setup, and my test run worked perfectly. This is a great idea, and a great value. It will save me a lot of money over the years.

Update: I reached them and they sent me a new SIM card. Lost 2 weeks waiting for it to arrive. That said, it worked in my gate opener and worked flawlessly for one year. THEN it stopped. I called Speedtalk and they insisted that the card was fine, must be my device. Replaced the device, same result. After two months of back and forth with no service, I cancelled the number and gave up on Speedtalk.Original review:I bought this on March 17, 2023. Things happen in life. I put it aside and forgot about it for several months. Today I went to install the card and saw on it "Activate by 2/28/23". So even if I'd opened it when I received it, this thing was already "expired"? I tried calling Speedtalk customer service. The recording says they are closed.I'll try reaching them in the mroning, and will update my review to reflect what happens. Why on earth would the card expire in the first place?

I bought this to use along with a DIY home security system and it works great. The $5 deal basically charge 2 cents for each sms, call or 1mb of data. You can use all 3 as long you don't hit the total of $5.00. You actually use the plan the most when you are testing. Once it's done testing you will never use the $5.00 service plan unless (at least for me). After testing my system and installing everything I only used 16 SMS and 1 minute of voice call.5 bucks a month to have a REAL and secure GSM alarm system is great. Nice service. 5 bars!They have a simplified webpage with account details and usage. Detailing each sms sent, voice or data.

Worked for 1 day,then nothing Speed talk said there simms is not compatible with rtu,don't waste your time.it takes you a month to play ring,around the rosey with speedtalk.amazon should let you return even after 30days

This is an integral part of a Home Security System which we cobbled together from Amazon for $120.Do not let that price fool you.Within FOUR SECONDS of a sensor being tripped, I get a text message.Heck, I cannot even text the Wife within 4 seconds...3 years ago, we bought a fixer upper and were vandalized 8 times within a year.It really slowed down our home improvements.By pairing this with a Kerui, a 12" by 12" solar panel, charge controller, $18 battery, and a few $6 Kerui motion sensors, the kids in the neighborhood no longer break windows when I go home for lunch.The $5 a month monitoring fee is nothing compared to the time and expense those kids cost us.Now we can improve our future residence with impunity.Amazon even sells sensors which work with the Kerui system to notify you if there is smoke or unsafe Carbon Monoxide levels.We are grateful for the new technology which is helping us make our dreams come true and thank SpeedTalk for a reliable data SIM card which is affordable. Keep the price low so more people will learn of your system!I am somewhat technically challenged, so it took me NINE months to take the SIM card out of the plastic, and put it in the Kerui home unit.Then a day or two of fiddling and somehow I got it working just fine without any 'app'.But it works.And I mean NOW.A guy could build a box with this, one of the new home security systems mentioned above, and a small SLA battery.Then bolt it in an inconspicuous place on his tractor, bulldozer, skid steer, etc.If that piece of equipment grew legs, the owner would get notified and could GPS track it.These SIM cards are a game changer if you want to keep your equipment/home intact.

The card never work at all try get help with it few times and no luck so lost my money and also they try take money off my card again for something does not work at all.

Works & for most part easy to set up. Bad is the rental or "over SMS" limit warnings & shutoff. I used it for a commercial Alarm/Alert/SMS only device that has 8 inputs. Works well here at the company I work for but failed to run/connect inUP of Michigan when we shipped it out for a customer to try out so may not work in your location.