One of the biggest differences from one mobile alert service to the next is whether or not it utilizes “breadcrumbs.” Many people make their decision on price alone and will never know what breadcrumbs are or why they are so important to a mobile service. Turns out that if a company doesn’t offer breadcrumbs with their service, it’s not in their best interest to tell you what you’re missing…

So what are breadcrumbs and why are they so important? As you know, mobile medical alerts use GPS technology to help locate you during an emergency.  You may or may not have an idea of exactly how accurate this GPS location is though. In some cases the GPS location will be spot on, and in others it could be up to 100 yards away from your actual location. Regardless of whether other providers tell you this information, it is the same for ALL mobile alert button providers. More data becomes incredibly helpful because of this potential difference in the GPS location reported and your actual location. This is where breadcrumbs come in… Breadcrumbs help by creating a trail of where you’ve been by pinging your GPS location every 15 minutes. By having this breadcrumb trail, it is easier for our operators to confirm your location during an emergency and get you help. This trail also helps in situations where your GPS location isn’t available. It is possible for your mobile button to place an emergency call to the monitoring center even if it is unable to connect with satellites to retrieve your GPS location. Rather than only having your verbal description of your location to go by, breadcrumbs will provide our operators with this invaluable GPS trail!

More data is so important when it comes to protecting your health and safety while “on the go”.  Because of this, we recommend choosing a mobile alert button (like our Mobile-Go Alert!) that offers their service with breadcrumb technology. We really hope this helps with your search for the right mobile system!