For alarm companies that monitor in Arizona, the eliminated tax could add up to significant savings. Each city has had a different communications tax amount, with Phoenix imposing a 4.7 percent tax and Tucson charging 2 percent.

Despite the wide range of options for wirelessly connecting video surveillance cameras, video professionals agree on one thing. Where it is feasible to use a wired solution, integrators should choose that option, they say. As John Estrada, CEO of Cernium, explains, “If you already have wiring, you should use it; it’s more reliable.” Cernium is a Reston, Va.-based video camera manufacturer that does business as CheckVideo and offers both wired and wireless products.