Re: IS this overkill

["Mel" <Respond@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

<TheAberdeenKid@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>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.
>
> Do I need a radio backup or is it overkill?
> Is the hardened box enough?
>
> Thanks for the replies.
>

I look at an alarm system as a deterrence. If someone breaks in while I'm
gone, well, that's why I buy insurance. If they break in while I'm home,
they'll leave in a pine box whether they cut the phone line or not.

Bob