Ting electrical monitor for residential

[oldsparky90]

My daughter's home insurance company is offering a free WI-fi device called Ting that plugs into one outlet and it is supposed help protect the home from arc fault fires and provides "power quality" information for the home owner. A combination arc fault breaker or arc fault replacement receptacle only detects arcs on that circuit downstream of the device is what I believe and don't think a single monitoring point has any value to the rest of the house. Is there new technology I don't know about?
The value of the unit they say is that it reports any large voltage changes "brownouts" or arc faults for the home owner through Wi-fi to the monitoring company and repair or replacement can begin immediately. Insurance company pays for the first 3 years of monitoring.

 

[tom baker]

It’s likely a scam, but the three year monitoring may be a benefit.

 

[dkidd]

See:

https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/ting-electrical-system-monitor.2567272/

 

[Little Bill]

See:

https://forums.mikeholt.com/threads/ting-electrical-system-monitor.2567272/

That thread isn't that old, so we don't need two. See above link.