On Sun, 27 Mar 2011 14:23:45 -0600, Tony Hwang wrote:



aemeijers wrote:
On 3/27/2011 1:21 PM, wrote:
Anyone have experience using one of the lower cost security monitoring
services that charge $10 to $15 a month for alarm monitoring, versus
$35 from ADT? There are a bunch of them available that either can
step you through how to'
change the dial # on the existing system or else give you a small
adapter that sits between the existing alarm panel and the phone
line. It intercepts the alarm call to the old monitoring company and
in turn dials the new one. Wondering about experiences with
reliability, conversion, hidden charges, contracts, etc.

Don't most recently installed systems use an internal cell phone as the
alarm channel now? (Now that TV has educated all the young'uns about
cutting the phone line before you jimmy the window, and then waiting
awhile to see if there is a cell backup...)

And unless the alarm company has their own cars to send out for first
response, expect bill from local PD after about the 3rd false alarm.
Many PDs don't really have the staff to respond to non-human reports any
more. They MAY tell the car in the area to drive by. But unless alarm
company has talked to a human in the house to confirm distress, they
won't send an emergency response.

All in all, it may be better to have the alarm system call YOUR cell
phone, unless you are out of town a lot.

Hi,
If they want to cut my phone line it is underground at least 2 feet
deep! Say it WiFi.

You don't have a demarc box on your house? Are you sure it's 2' down? I cut
through mine up last summer installing grass edging around the perennial beds.