Re: ADT email

["alarman" <thatsallfolksl@xxxxxxxxx>]

Roland Moore wrote:
> https://www.discovertotal.com/ODd8MTIxfDQwODN8djI=/488/g
>
> So I get this spam email from ADT. Well not ADT itself mind you, but
> an Authorized Dealer hiring a spammer. It simply says "Get an alarm
> system and all equipment on us!" It directs me to the site above. I
> notice there is an older DSC LCD5500(Z) keypad on the page, but a
> different type keypad at the top of the page. I don't recognize that
> brand of keypad at the top of the page. It doesn't look like any
> Honeywell keypad I have seen before. Is that some exclusive ADT type
> keypad? So what's the catch here? If the monthly is high enough and
> long enough you get the gear "free"? Is it ever actually your gear or
> is this a lease deal? Since DSC was taken over by TYCO and the
> warranty went to nothing I don't know if the DSC gear can last as
> long as the monitoring agreement. We are having high failure rates on
> the few DSC panels we use. At least they seem to croak within the
> warranty period, which is brief compared to other vendors, but the
> time wasted on panel swaps makes them not a economical or reliable
> enough to use anymore.

The keypad at the top is a GE (Caddx) NX148 LCD keypad.

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