Sir, no, not paranoid; just not being totally realistic given the nature of
residential burglary.

If you were dealing with a commercial warehouse situation containing
hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of valuables, then I might be
inclined to think as you do. However, the average house thief is one step up
from an ant in intelligence and resourcefulness, and is far from a
professional looking for a big commercial score. You give the average house
burglar far too much credit ! He is far more likely to just kick in the weak
strike of your front door, alarm or not, grab what he can, and run like
hell. The alarm only means he might pass you by, or at the very most, spend
less time in the home given that authorities could well be arriving shortly.

Again, nothing in security is absolute ! However, with all of these things,
you are playing the odds ! And if you harden ALL the entrance areas of your
home (and not just the phone line), you are far less likely to be the victim
of a robbery. These idiots are lazy and stupid, and are looking for a way
into anyone's home, not specifically yours. After all, they can find the
same things in just about any house along the street, so why would they
spend time breaking into your home if it's more difficult to get in to at
the onset, and there is a chance of discovery vis a vis a monitored alarm
after that. In most cases, they'll simply move along and look for "easier
pick'ins".....

Move the demarc block inside, or do what the other gentleman suggested, then
stop worrying about that part of the defence system. Spend time and money on
hardening the locks and strikes of your main doors against kickin, secure
your patio door properly, harden your basement and other low lying windows
against easy entry, and that will do far more to keep the thugs out than
unduly worrying about the phone line at locations away from the house (in my
experience and opinion)

Simply walk around your house and see how you would enter if you were a
young burglar looking for an easy score ! You'll probably guess correctly !
Then do something about it right away. Remember, your alarm system is NOT
your first line of defence; it's your second line, and your backup, if they
get past your first line of defence - the physical perimeter of your house !

In the old days, they didn't put moats and walls around castle communities
for nothing....

R.H.Campbell
Home Security Metal Products
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
www.homemetal.com


"Brian" wrote in message
...

It is likely bet to check with your phone company first. However I
suggest rather just moving it all in side, that it would be better to
leave
it all there. Bring the hot line inside as you suggest to a new box and
run
a new wire underground to nowhere. That way someone would think they
have
it and stop looking when in reality they just killed a dead line.


I'm dealing with the same issues right now, and am still having trouble
with
"hardened" or secure phone lines. There will be a weakness somewhere,
whether it is at the entry point to your house or somewhere else between
your house and the phone company. If you're a thorough theif, I assume
you'd find and get into the green access box for the area and kill the
line
there. That way, you don't even have to worry about what you encounter at
the premise itself.

Or maybe I'm just paranoid.

Brian.