Re: IS this overkill

[bdolph <bdolph@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

It is overkill 99% of the time.  It is that 1% when it is not.
BobbyD

TheAberdeenKid@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

>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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