Re: IS this overkill

[Crash Gordon® <NONE@xxxxxxxx>]

Depends on the level of your paranoia...or comfort level. If you want to =
make sure that the CS gets your signals you should go with the =
radio...and depending on which system  you buy...you most likely will =
NOT be able to program or install it yourself. Let your alarm co. do =
this.

Hardened case...that's good too...but this is not an end-all =
solution...telco line can still be cut down the block, on the pole, or =
just plain be out of service. I have hardened case and Uplink Radio on =
my house.


<TheAberdeenKid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message =
news:1115050757.158032.86760@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> I just would like some opinions. I am a paranoid person by nature and =
I
> am always worried that the phoned line will be cut and hence the CMS
> will not get the alarm call. I was going to buy radio backup from
> Robert Bass but he said it was probably a bit of overkill. He told me
> that the radio backup itself would be a few hundred bucks and then my
> CMS would then charge me another 10 or 20 bucks a month on top of my
> basic charge to monitor the radio backup. He suggested instead to get =
a
> hardened case and pipe for the phone box and wire that lead into the
> house. Since Mr Bass has not steered my wrong yet I didn't buy the
> radio backup but I am curious what others may think.
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> Do I need a radio backup or is it overkill?
> Is the hardened box enough?
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> Thanks for the replies.
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