Long time lurker, first time poster.
I have been educating myself on a future security system setup, and there's a lot of knowledge here, so thanks a lot. Though recently, my planning has been accelerated, or at least changed altogether. A quick background about my situation: I have been building my 'dream' home with my father, it's literally been a two man job with my old man, with a lot of work and struggles. We're at the two year and a half mark, and two months ago we finalized the install of impact windows and doors. Having the 'shell,' we moved in the power tools, and just recently started working on the HVAC, partitions, electricity, etc. Two nights ago, someone forced one of the windows and got in, they basically emptied the house. Stole all power equipment and tools. My old man is heartbroken, and very discouraged to say the least.
I need to install a security system. A combination of alarm and surveillance cameras. Thanks to tips from this community, I was able to pull a Cat6, Coax and Power cable to each corner of the home before the stucco, and also have firewire to each opening. My problem is that I don't know what to do... I have electricity at the house, but no internet. I want an alarm system that would at least make some noise and serve as deterrent, along with some cameras with basic 'self storage.'
The biggest challenge for me is to understand if a stop gap measure is worth it at this point, the house won't be finished for at least six more months, or just go ahead and call an ISP and get a full system going. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
