Re: DIY Wireless System Recommendations?

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On May 21, 12:42=A0pm, y...@xxxxxx wrote:
> On Thu, 21 May 2009 10:07:25 -0700 (PDT), tourman
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> <robercampb...@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >On May 21, 12:38=A0pm, y...@xxxxxx wrote:
> >> On Thu, 21 May 2009 08:17:34 -0700, "Crash Gordon"
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> >> <webmas...@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> >You can 86 the cellphone idea, it won't work.
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> >> >It will dial, =A0you will answer and hear nothing or maybe a few blee=
ps and
> >> >buzzes, it will hang up, and dial again and again and again, until it=
 fails
> >> >out and puts up an FC on the keypad. The FC will remain there until y=
ou go
> >> >into programming and exit programming...every time. BTW...all this ti=
me it's
> >> >trying to dial your wife at home will not be able to use the phone.
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> >> >It will provide you with NO useful information when it calls your cel=
lphone,
> >> >NO you won't know if it's an alarm condition or a low battery or your=
 wife
> >> >bypassed something after you left home.
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> >> >It may be easy to cut the phone line, but believe it or not they usua=
lly don' - besides with your logic you're already beginning with a cut phon=
e line
> >> >:-)
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> >> I am speaking of using a voice dialer to call my cellphone.
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> >RHC: Cripes ! ...spend $9 or $10 bucks monthly to have the thing
> >monitored properly. That way it works as it should and you get an
> >insurance discount on your property insurance, plus REAL protection,
> >not some totally unreliable cell phone bullsh*t. There are all sorts
> >of stations out there that will do your monitoring for next to nothing
> >leaving you to do the service and warranty work yourself..
>
> Until your phone line gets cut. =A0I would never get landline
> monitoring. =A0Why pay a monthly fee when a pair of cutters can do the
> trick. =A0Thats false security.
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> >What the hell is it about DIY'ers ? Why put in a professional system
> >and then cut it off at the knees....sheesh !!!!!
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> You think a landline can't be cut at the knee's? Hah! =A0Its so simple
> even you can do it(I think).

If you only knew how many people tried a setup like you mention then
later onl whine when it doesn't work