Re: Security System and self monitoring

["Russell Brill" <russwbrill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

"Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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.
>
Crash, you left out the part about the big fat fine a homeowner will get if
their system automatically dials 911...

> 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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