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

["Norm Mugford" <1alarm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

If he even gets the call to his cell phone......

Norm Mugford

"Chub" <w@xxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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
> news:11rtgk81ofc7teb@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Bob Worthy wrote:
>>> "Jim" <alarminex@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
>>> news:1136572691.438107.223420@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>
>>>>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
>
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