Re: NextAlarm and ABn Adapter Question

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A PO box is not exactly an address.
No licenses required..that can't be correct.


"Leor Amikam" <amikaml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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|I found their address on the BBB:
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http://www.santabarbara.bbb.org/BBBWeb/Forms/Business/CompanyReportPage_Expository.aspx?CompanyID=3001652
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| "Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| > ADT has service personnel...NextAlarm...has nothing.
| > NextAlarm doesn't even disclose a brick & mortar address on their
website.
| >
| > VoIP is not good for alarms yet - works one day and not the next. Many
| > discussions on this on this ng the past few months.
| >
| > VoIP no supervised power backup...no backup unless you add your own
| > UPS...and how would you supervise that battery with the alarm?
| >
| >
| >
| > "Leor Amikam" <amikaml@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
| > news:ge-dnSxyyLDy__feRVn-iw@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
| > | Hi,
| > |
| > | I am currently looking at switching from my Bellsouth landline
provider
| to
| > | Vonage VOIP.  Been testing it out
| > | for about a week now, and works very well - with one exception.  I
| quickly
| > | found out than my ADT-monitored security system is not compatible
| > | with VOIP.  I was looking to get rid of my ADT service anyway, which I
| > have
| > | used for ~7 years now, and replace with a lower-cost
| > | service (am paying $33/qtr - ouch!).  So, I have seen several threads
on
| > the
| > | web for NextAlarm.com.  They now offer
| > | notification over broadband, which I have.  My alarm base is an Ademco
| > VISTA
| > | 10SE, which they claim is compatible
| > | with the ABN adapter box (phone-in, Ethernet-out) that you have to
| > purchase
| > | and install for $100.
| > |
| > | So, has anyone tried a similar solution, and if so, what were the
| results.
| > | I have seen some good reviews on nextalarm.com
| > | on the internet, and for $10/mo, it would sure beat what I am paying
| now,
| > | and I want to be able to keep my
| > | Vonage service and have an alarm service.
| > |
| > | Thanks!
| > | Leor
| > |
| > |
| >
| >
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