Re: ALARM MONITORING COMPANIES WAS Re: Major panic last night

["John Andrews" <groups@xxxxxxx>]

Alan

Thanks for the advice, I will get an external box as a deterant.

Cheers

J
----- Original Message -----
From: "Alancc" <alan.cc@xxxxxxx>
To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: ALARM MONITORING COMPANIES WAS Re: [ukha_d] Major panic last
night


> If you want Police response you will have to have the system
maintained by
> an approved installer who will arrange monitoring through their own
ARC,
> have a look at www.nacoss.org for a list of companies in your area.
> If its a keyholder/attendance service you require then check out local
> guarding companies, they will usually provide this service with
signalling
> via a simple speech dialler, not the most secure option but it keeps
the
> cost down.
> As a matter of interest I have been installing alarms for 25 years and
in
> that time have never come across a domestic customer who has been
broken
> into after the system was installed, it may not be the case in all
areas
but
> around East Anglia an audible alarm is a very effective deterrent.
Billy
the
> burglar doesn't know what sort of alarm you have so long as the
sounder
> outside looks plausible, and will go for the easy option elsewhere. If
you
> are unfortunate to still get done then he wont stay around long with
the
> sounders going so lots of noise. A lot of people say to me "no
one takes
any
> notice of alarms" the burglar does, make sure you set the strobe
to be
> continuous and not to stop with the sounder after 20 min, if you come
home
> and its flashing you are pre warned that someone may be in the house,
> everyone's worst nightmare. I have seen quite a few kids and mums
> traumatised having come in from the school run to find someone
standing
> there when they open the door.
>
> HTH
>
> Alancc
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: John Andrews <groups@xxxxxxx>
> To: <ukha_d@xxxxxxx>
> Sent: Saturday, June 28, 2003 11:45 AM
> Subject: ALARM MONITORING COMPANIES WAS Re: [ukha_d] Major panic last
night
>
>
> > Can anyone recommend a good alarm monitoring company?
> >
> > My alarm rings me and allows me to listen in, then if I am near a
PC I
can
> > watch on the cctv system. Obviously I can not always do that so a
> monitoring
> > company would be good.
> >
>
>
>
>
>
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