Re: More VOIP/Digital Voice

[Frank Olson <Use_the_email_links@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Mark Leuck wrote:
> "Roland Moore" <roland@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
> news:bkBeh.3298$qp1.2238@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>>I am glad that some here have the luxury of judging products by their
>>technical merits and not by the effects that the parent company has on the
>>rest of the alarm industry.
>
>
> Yes I often ponder the potential evils, political leanings, charity
> contributions, sexual preferences of the manufacturer, doesn't everyone?
>
>
>>As a practical matter aren't you guys talking about a panel line that I
>>believe technically doesn't exist anymore? I thought that it is called
>>NetworX since GE put the cash on the table.
>
>
> True however I will always refer to the GE brands as ITI and Caddx for the
> following reasons
>
> 1. It's easier to sort my pdf documents than to put them into one big GE
> folder
> 2. It easier to provide tech support when they still branded them by the old
> names
> 3. I like the names Caddx and ITI, I grew up in the industry with them
> 4.
>
> BTW: I do the same with Honeywell/Apex/Ademco/FBI for the same reason
>
>
>>You know, the same ones that are
>>doing more to change the industry to the way they want it to be; more than
>>any other big company to date that has bought itself into the business.
>
>
> So whats wrong with that? Every company shapes it's industry unless you
> think they are evil......if thats the case they will be knocking on your
> door soon troublemaker
>
>
>>Now
>>if someone needs to post a login in to that site remember their warning.
>
> You
>
>>may get sent to bed without dinner again.
>
>
> And you'll sit there thinking more bogus reasons why it's semi-okay to do it
>
>
>>No wait, I forgot. It is more important for some folks here to nag Bass
>>about some stupid login in rather than look at the big picture and see
>
> what
>
>>this monster company is doing to this industry.
>
>
> Hey another bogus reason!
>
>
>>It is mostly by accidental
>>blunder so far, but it still looks like a cross between Godzilla loose in
>>Tokyo and Saddam leaving Kuwait. Kind of like their site being so
>
> unattended
>
>>and just left with errors and broken links; with a 'if you don't like it,
>>too bad' type attitude.
>
>
> I haven't seen a broken link on the site in ages, if anything Honeywell has
> vastly improved on Ademco's old site (not that it was bad).
>
> You seem to be on their sites a lot considering what they supposedly do to
> the industry
>
>
>>But if these monster companies ever get serious, as
>>one of Bass' more famous digs at his detractors goes could turn prophetic
>>instead, and we could all end up just being clerks somewhere.
>
>
> Ahh the infamous Walmart scare tactic, it holds no water.
>
> Speaking of massive conglomerates getting into the alarm industry what
> happened to them?
> 1. AT&T (8000...enough said)
> 2. Sprint  (FonSafe anyone?)
> 3. Telcoms (big 0)
> 4. Power companies (late 1990's, caused massive consolidation and more
> business for small companies)
>
>
>>Remember to GE all gear is the same. They always say they can do what
>
> anyone
>
>>else can. The GE mantra is that the only thing that should matter to you
>
> as
>
>>dealer or integrator, as well as the customer, is that they're GE.
>
>
> And if you don't like it you can....you can.....hey go to Napco, Honeywell,
> Visonic, DSC, Linear.....did I leave anyone out?
>
>
>


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