Re: Commercial Alarm - help

["Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx>]

I listed the breakdown. Equipment failure is a minority. User error is the
leading cause of false alarms.

"Bob Worthy" <securinc@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Read it again Jack, it is not reality. Unless you have tested the
statistics
> yourself to understand what is meant by **system failure**, don't get to
> excited. The products do not have a 99% failure rate. If that was the
case,
> the public or us would not buy. That means that 99 out of every 100 panels
> get thrown away as garbage. C'mon, "a product has a 99% failure rate"?
That
> is not reality.
>
> "Jackcsg" <nospam@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Holy Shit! Someone else has discovered reality...
> > Well said John.
> >
> > "J. Sloud" <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> > news:rpd5m118cjl3r9ju5reg4ifcso0d8nl17b@xxxxxxxxxx
> > > On 28 Oct 2005 05:00:53 -0700, "Al Colombo"
> > > <securitymission@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > >If you're concerned about false alarms, I believe one of the biggest
> > > >problems on the consumer side is the mentality of "price shopping."
> > > >The cheapest alarm system is not necessarily the best, just as the
most
> > > >expensive may not be the best either.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Let's take a look at the false alarm problem from 20,000 feet.  I'm of
> > > the opinion that almost all residential and the majority of burglar
> > > alarm systems are a waste of money.  Name another product that has a
> > > 99%+ failure rate.  It wouldn't be tolerated.
> > >
> > > If the average consumer knew the astronomical false alarm percentages,
> > > the ridicuously low police apprehension rate, and the general
> > > perception of law enforcement about electronic burglar alarms, nobody
> > > would be buying this stuff.  This entire industry is based on a false
> > > sense of security.
> > >
> > > It doesn't have to be this way, but until false alarm ordanances and
> > > no response policies force change, there will be none.
> > >
> > > For those who have real security needs, the intelligent video products
> > > are starting to show real promise.  Even for basic systems, video
> > > verficiation may fix half of the problem.
> >
> >
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