Re: ADT Essential Wireless Package

["Mike" <BE@xxxxxxxxx>]

"Danny" <d@xxxxx> wrote in message
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> Mike wrote:
>> "J. @netscape.net>" <jsloud2001<removeme> wrote in message
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>> .  To the o.p., call a few other companies and see
>>
>>>what they have to offer.  Remember to ask them who owns the system
>>>once its installed, who monitors it, do they have a 24 hour manned
>>>help/ service line, is their central station backed up by another, who
>>>does their repair service, is their central station UL listed, how
>>>long have they been around, how big is their customer base, etc.
>>>
>>>
>>
>> I did call other companies.  I'm impressed w/ ADT's five monitoring
>> centers
>> w/ supposenly seamnless back up, katrina np problem for NO customers.
>
> red herring.  didn't matter if the central station got the alarm or not
> during a disaster like Katrina because the central station could not call
> the authorities to report an alarm and or the authorities were not
> responding anyway
>
>> Some of the local contractors contracted w/ monitoring centers and they
>> didn't talk as good a game
>
> costs extra for slick talking salesman, who has nothing to do with a good
> installation.
>
The slickest was Slomin's (sp) Shield I gave him the door after 15 minutes
and still got numerous phone calls from him