Re: Security System and self monitoring

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most municipalities forbid dialers with voice messages to be transmitted to
police/fire/911 etc. If you want dispatch you'll have to go through
monitoring station.

You can program most alarms to page you on your pager, though this has it's
quirks. You can also purchase a voice module that will transmit message to
your cell phone...of course if it doesnt get through to your cell you wont
get the message. There are a lot of drawbacks to "self-monitoring".

No...Brinks, ADT etc, do not send voice messages to 911. In my area our
central stations are given special phone numbers to dial into for
dispatch...not 911, and not end-user numbers.

Do  you intend to install this yourself, or try to find an installing
company that will install a "local" alarm system? You may have trouble if
the latter is true.

hth

"Alex" <samalex@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
news:1126278087.811137.8390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi everyone,
>
> Me and my wife are wanting to put an alarm system in our home, but we
> live in a fairly good neighborhood, and though none of my neighbors
> (some living there for 30+ years) know of any problems in the
> neighborhood or surrounding streets, we'd feel more comfortable with
> some sort of alarm system.
>
> I know Brinks and ADT have remote monitoring, but I'd like something I
> can monitor myself without monthly fee's.  Ideally I'd love to have
> something with window and door scensors plus glass break alarms, but
> the perks I'd love to get are something that'll connect to my computer
> and either send a page to me or better yet just call 911 with an
> automatic message asking for help.  All Brinks and ADT do is this,
> isn't it??? Why pay them if a system can be setup to do this for me.
>
> Thanks for any suggestions, but being a rookie in this field I'm not
> sure what's available out there.  I guess for me simply having an alarm
> that sets off an alarm when the circuit around the doors and windows
> breaks would work, but the perks of notification would be nice :)
>
> Thanks for any ideas or thoughts.
>
> Sam Alex
>
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