Re: Slomins vs ADT vs Brinks vs any other home security system vendor

["Mike" <wxyz09@xxxxxxxxx>]

"R.H.Campbell" <rh.campbell@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> That depends. Independant dealers vary from good to terrible, and ADT
> service quality seems to vary from region to region. So bear in mind, my
> comments relate ONLY to my particular area. I happen to be a third party
> dealer on their station (they monitor about 8 of my total 850 clients),
> and I find their monitoring to be far too "hair trigger" for my tastes.
> They call one number, dispatch authorities, then follow through with the
> balance of the calling list. In our area, false alarm dispatches cost $75
> each, and clients demand more built in "protection" against that (full
> calling list, cancel codes etc). I am told that local authorities feel
> that when they get a call from ADT, it is more likely to be a false alarm,
> although that is one of those suppositions that is hard to prove.

Does it matter that my land line is DSL?

Mike