Ring just doubled the price of its alarm monitoring service for grandfathered customers
by Sean Hollister from The Verge - All Posts on (#6R6DS)
Photo by Dan Seifert / The Verge Did you, like me, buy a Ring Alarm system for your home because it offered the most affordable professional 24/7 monitoring around, at just $10 a month or $100 a year? Then I expect you - like me - just got an email stating you'll now pay twice as much starting the next time you renew.
Here's the top of the email I received a few hours ago, telling me I'll pay $20 a month or $200 a year starting in March, which matches the price of the Ring Protect Pro plan that Amazon started selling three years ago. I was previously on Ring Protect Plus:
Image: Sean Hollister / The Verge Price hike.Price hikes are always annoying, but Ring is still a relatively affordable alarm service, I suppose. The truly infuriating part:...