Re: Is low-priced Internet monitoring reliable?

["Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

The company I use follows the call list I provided. I think the Police are
3rd on the call list. My city requires a permit for alarm responding, and we
are given only three falses in a year, then the permit is suspended and I
have to pay a higher cost to reinstate and also a document on what I have
done to reduce the false alarms.  So far, the alarm company has gotten a
hold of us on within the first two tries.

Dan

"blueman" <NOSPAM@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> "Dan" <dan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>> You should also consider your technical capabilities. I use an internet
>> service, and all three of my false alarms (Teenagers) were handled
>> swiftly
>> as per the contract. I have no complaints, but I have to maintain  my own
>> system. All they provided was the basic account and calling parameters
>> and
>> how to program them in, I had to supply them all the Zone info and how
>> they
>> were configured to respond to an alarm, IE silent, delay, etc.
>>
>> Dan
>
> I have no problem maintaining my own system.
> Also, I can easily "print out" our panel zone by zone giving all the
> information needed. I can even download it all into a spreadsheet. I
> also regularly download and backup my panel in case it every totally
> dies and needs to be reloaded.
>
> My only concern is actually false alarms since we seem to all too
> often make dumb mistakes and set off the alarm (not just our teenagers
> :) -- so, it is important that they call us (and the rest of the
> response list) first so as not to trigger unnecessary fines from the
> police or fire department.