Re: 34. Is monitoring required?

["Jim Rojas" <jrojas@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Statefarm and a few others here in Florida are making it manditory in some
cases to have monitoring.

Jim Rojas


"Robert L. Bass" <robertlbass@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>> Never the less you must always consider that
>> if a "PRO" is using monitoring services and
>> "Amatuers" do not (which is not always the
>> case), then there must be something lying
>> behind it that makes the "PRO"s better in
>> marketing, sales and all other comercial issues.
>
> There are good reasons to select monitoring, whether the installation is
> professional or DIY.  In the event a fire is detected while the owners are
> out, the fire department will be notified much sooner, possibly saving the
> house.  When carbon monoxide is detected and authorities are notified
> lives can be saved.  With burglary, the *possibility* that the system is
> being monitored may cause the thief to leave sooner.  In reality, very few
> thieves are captured due to alarm monitoring because it almost always
> takes longer for police to be notified and respond than for the thief to
> get away.  There are other situations where monitoring can make a
> difference.  A homeowner may need to signal for help and there isn't time
> to make a phone call.
>
> For the alarm company there is one very good reason to sell monitoring.
> Once the company is sells enough accounts monitoring revenue is its
> largest profit center.
>
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>
> Regards,
> Robert L Bass
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