Re: Looking to purchase alarm system - suggestions?

["A.J." <aj@xxxxxxx>]

What they don't know is beside the hundreds of dollars they are saving every
year, they also lost their high security line and ULC certification.





> Remember to "do the math".  When you look at the installed price of a
> system, make sure you own the equipment and the cost of same isn't
> factored in to the monitoring price.  For instance, we're a Canadian
> company that does a lot of fire alarm system monitoring.  We supply and
> install a ULC listed communicator (which the customer owns outright) and
> monitor the system for $15.00 a month.  Cost for the install varies
> between $550 and $800 depending on the degree of difficulty in running the
> necessary cable. Our cost on equipment is about $450.00.  Our competitors
> are charging about $1400.00 a year for monitoirng (which includes an
> equipment lease price)!! When most property managers are shown the math,
> it takes very little convincing to switch 'em from "the dark side"...
> :-))
>