Re: ADT buys Broadview (Brinks)

[mleuck <m.leuck@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Dec 13, 4:14=A0pm, Jim Rojas <jro...@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> tourman wrote:
> > It now looks like ADT is going to be buying Broadview during the
> > second quarter of 2011 which will give them a combined market share of
> > 35% of the residential US market for alarm systems. See the following
> > link.
>
> >http://www.securityinfowatch.com/Alarm+Systems/broadview-security-mer...
>
> > Seems to me, in the long run, this is probably good news for smaller,
> > established companies to fit in the market where ADT and their ilk are
> > not present, or not very good..ie: full systems, quality after sales
> > service, lower prices and less expensive monitoring rates. On the
> > other hand, it's probably also going to increase the "free system"
> > nonsense, as well as the presence of more shady selling "door to
> > door", as the new mega-monster company tries to keep it's revenue
> > growth increasing exponentially.....
>
> > We live in interesting times....
>
> IMHO, Brinks/Broadview I guess did not want to keep pace with changing
> technologies. VoIP telephone services was the beginning of their
> downfall. Not being flexible towards their customers needs was another.
> They were hitting double digit attrition rates as far back as 2006. But
> their stock holders never got wind of that.
>
> Jim Rojas
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Not true, they are the biggest installer of Honeywell's IP products,
namely the 7847i Internet module.

Also stock holders know just about everything including attrition rates