Re: Monitoring Rates

["Crash Gordon" <webmaster@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Most alarm companies charge flat monthly fee not based upon how many
detectors you have, but there might be tiers of service ie; base monitoring
+ daily test, base monitoring + monthly test, monitoring with logged
opening/closings, monitoring with supervised opening/closings + reports,
option for radio backup...etc.

DIYer won't have option to pay directly to Uplink, you have to have a
wholesale account with them...probably same for any other radio system
provider.



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"bit eimer" <bit_eimer.keinewurst@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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| Hi people,
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| I'm a newbie, playing with the idea of a DIY system.  I'm a bit confused
| about the monitoring market - just saw a website for a monitoring service
in
| northern CA with various plans (around 8 different ones).
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| These plans each had an install-price and a monitoring fee.  Not
| surprisingly, as the number of "included sensors" increases, the
| install-price increases.  But what I don't quite get is that the
monitoring
| fee also increases.
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| Now in one case, I can see that the addition of cell-backup might increase
| the monitor's cost (paid to alarmnet or whoever).  But otherwise, it seems
| like there really is no difference in the service provided.
|
| Is the monitoring cost variation due to:
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| 1) attempt to recapture some portion of the initial cost the equipment
base
| 2) higher average cost of maintaining that larger equipment base
| 3) assumption that the customer is willing to pay more (monthly) for
| higher-end system
| 4) something else
|
| TIA.
|
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