Revenue Recognition - Disaggregated Revenue by Source (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Net revenue	$ 122,575	$ 129,606
Alarm monitoring revenue
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Net revenue	110,808	121,479
Product, installation and service revenue
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Net revenue	10,496	6,534
Other revenue
Disaggregation of Revenue [Line Items]
Total Net revenue	$ 1,271	$ 1,593

Amount, excluding tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value added and excise.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130543-203045

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

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