Re: Monitoring station response time

[J. Sloud <jsloud@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:19:19 -0700, "Crash Gordon"
<webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>We have redundancy...not five...just one, but have never had to use it.
>
>And actually no, we don't have snow, or hurricanes, and only abt 4 inches of
>rain a year. We do have wind, dust, and power outtages and some "theoretical
>rain" during monsoon season, but we make allowances for that.
>
>We ain't fancy smancey but we are FM and we do a good job, we're NOT some
>podunk outfit with a reciever in a closet.
>
>Hey, I'm not knockin' youse guys, just wondering how you handle all the
>traffic...I can't imagine how  you handle 2 million test signals coming in
>everday...your phone bills must be enormous :-)

The technology at ADT's monitoring centers is truly amazing.
Regardless of your feelings about the company, the infrastructure to
support 6 million customers is truly impressive.  I've got a CD around
here somewhere that has details on the technology.  I'll try to dig it
out and post details if your interested.