Re: Legacy Uplink 1500

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alarman wrote:
> Sure it can be activated
> <wkendrvr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> > Why?  Simple answer.  Why not.  Its paid for, it appears to work, and
> > until I *have* to change, why should I?  I realize that its not the
> > latest and greatest, but it still works if a line is cut...
> >
> > (you guys must be cut from the same cloth, I got almost the same answer
> > from the local guys, who btw want to tear the whole system out and
> > replace most of it,  (the system is a DSC Power 632) which IMHO is
> > ridiculous when the only part in question is the cellular backup!)
> >
> > Back to the original question, can it be activated?
>
> It may be possible, but you might not find a dealer who will do it, since
> any thinking security dealer will not be intereested in activating something
> that may not work in a couple of years.
>
> Personally, I wouldn't activate it for you. The Power 632 is fine, but I
> would install a new digital cell unit.
>
> As to being cut from the same cloth, I can only say that the dealers with
> whom you have spoken have given you good advice. You should consider
> removing the cloth that is aparently obscuring your vision.
> js
> js

Any thinking dealer that wants my future business won't get it by
forcing me to replace equipment that is functional.

>From what I am reading the Sunset Clause on AMPS is 2008.  Any thinking
dealer would sign me up for a year of monitoring on the condition that
I replace the Uplink in a year (6 months before sunset) or make sure
that I understand that I can not renew after next year.  In the
meantime, the wife has many other plans for the $300 or so a new dialer
will be.  (remember I said we just bought the house.)  Our previous
house did not have a cellular backup, this one does.  Now, I like the
fact that it does, but I didn't have it before, so not having it now
wouldn't bother me much.  Getting rid of it because someone is either
too worried about selling me new equipment, or too lazy to follow up in
a year, does bother me.