Re: ADT purchased Reliance/Protectron in Canada

["Bob La Londe" <none@xxxxxxxxxx>]

"G. Morgan" <sealteam6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Russell Brill Wrote:
>
> <major snippage>
>
>>No, not really, but I am one of those few dealers who feel I just cannot
>>arbitrarily change monitoring suppliers without getting the consent of my
>>customers. This complicates the process somewhat.
>
> I'd say so, what would you do - hold a vote?
>
>>But we have all sorts of
>>plans in the works (which I don't wish to discuss in a public forum)
>
> Having your panels programmed to your own toll-free number you can
> forward is all you really need.  Or are you talking about non-technical
> reasons?

One might be the number provided to the customers for actively clearing a
false alarm.  Another might be availability of services such as SMS-Text
notification or customer CS logon for call list updates, system testing, and
account history.  Another might be a moral decision to use a FM listed CS
rather than a UL listed CS.  (FM doesn't demand your source code for
proprietary systems.  They just test thoroughly that it works as described.)

There are lots of reasons one might not want to change central stations on a
whim.