Re: DAS NX4 Alarm - Dial mobile phone (Australian)

["Chub" <w@xxxxx>]

this panel will call a pager and give the acct # and alarm code so he will
know what the problem is.  What he does after that is the question.

"Joe Lucia" <joe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Bob Worthy wrote:
>> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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>>
>>>flynno wrote:
>>>
>>>>Geez thanks for that side splitting reply!  If I get a call on my
>>>>mobile phone from my home and there is no one home..........I am then
>>>>alerted to a possible problem am I not?
>>>
>>>You have to understand that we get this question and scenario presented
>>>here VERY often. It is the unanimous opinion here, that being called on
>>>your cell phone that your house is on fire, or that someone is beating
>>>your wife to a pulp while you're in a "dead cellular area" or in a
>>>business meeting with your phone turned off, is not at all a secure way
>>>to do it. And what would you do if you DID get a call?  Rush home? And
>>>then find that if the fire department had been called 20 minutes
>>>earler, you might have saved your home? Or ......... Call the police or
>>>fire department and tell them ....... what? That you got a call on your
>>>cell phone from your alarm system but you don't know what's exactly
>>>happening?
>>>
>>>If you feel that the security of your family, home and posessions is
>>>not worth a reliable connection to the authorities, of course
>>>........... that's your decision, but not one that anyone here would
>>>agree with.
>>>
>>>If you have a security system, you have concerns...... why wouldn't you
>>>carry through and pay .75 cents a day to make sure a proper response is
>>>available, 24/7?
>>
>>
>> Because the manufactures are STUPID enough to make such a ridiculous
>> feature
>> available. If they want to make a local panel only..OK. If they want to
>> make
>> one that reports to CS...OK. But don't put the consumer in harms way or
>> give
>> them such a false sense of security by having a panel report to a cell
>> phone
>> or pager. STUPID...STUPID... STUPID!!! That is strictly a marketing
>> feature
>> with no thought given to the possible outcome. I wonder how these
>> marketeers
>> would look at it if they were held responsible for the possible results?
>>
>>
>>
> Definitely not good security for all those reasons, but obviously a lot of
> people want the feature.  Gotta give the people what they want or they
> won't buy it.
>
> I'd recommend being monitored along with real-time signal notification to
> your cell phone via SMS/Text Messaging.  That way you get the signals via
> the C/S within a few seconds after the C/S gets the signal.  The message
> on your phone tells you exactly what zone(s) tripped and you can send a
> message directly to the C/S from your phone to tell them to disregard or
> whatever.  If you are out of range, then the C/S will handle the alarms as
> usual.
>
> Of course, Monitoring costs Money, which is why people want the messages
> directly in the first place.  Better to get a message direct and know
> Something is going on as opposed to not knowing Anything is going on. Just
> have the neighbors phone numbers handy to have them check on things for
> you when you get a call from your panel (maybe pay them a couple bucks to
> be available 24/7 for you).  heh heh