Bob Urz wrote in :

http://www.fcc.gov/cgb/consumerfacts...cellphone.html

Bob

2003 and earlier GM OnStar is now inoperative[non-updatable],many home
burglar alarms no longer have their cellular backup.

On the burglar alarm topic,I saw a TV news report last night about a wonam
who had a complex ADT alarm installed,it never went off after the stalker
ex-BF cut their phone line and smashed thru a patio door,and she and her BF
were shot and killed before they could respond.(and the guy had a gun at
hand,too.) They must have been heavy sleepers to not hear the patio door
being smashed in.Her two kids fled to a neighbors,called police,and are
suing ADT. Allegedly,ADT has a BAD history of failing alarms,and burglars
SEEK OUT homes with the ADT sign.

The alarm went off when the kids fled the house....

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Jim Yanik
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