- Feb 13, 2001
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Got another alarm drone here. Always the same story, they usually bring up 'a cop' that lives 'oh down a few blocks' that told them just a few moments earlier there were anywhere from 1 to 10 break-ins over the last 2 days to week (today's story was 5 houses were broken into in my neighborhood between today and yesterday, calling the local PD showed that was not the case).
Anyway these guys are always from out of state with out of state phone numbers or the 800 number.
I'd probably never choose one of these outfits, but I gave this guy another shot. 26 windows with switches, 4 doors, 7 glass breaks, 2 pet-friendly motions, 1 normal motion, two keypads with a separate panel, multiple sirens with one in attic and cell dialing.
They always say they can do this 'included' but then it becomes back and forth with some manager or the parent company that insists they will send another guy out...it ends up being $500+ and you aren't getting the equipment promised.
I am planing on going with a Vista 15P or equivalent soon and possibly doing some wired connections...although with today's smart wireless many are skipping that.
Most don't think how easy it is to defeat phone and with a panel that's all built into one that's easy to defeat too. Now cell phone jamming is becoming low hanging fruit, but it's not widely used.
Anyway why the hell do they ship these guys in? Aren't there kids willing to sell stuff locally?
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Anyway these guys are always from out of state with out of state phone numbers or the 800 number.
I'd probably never choose one of these outfits, but I gave this guy another shot. 26 windows with switches, 4 doors, 7 glass breaks, 2 pet-friendly motions, 1 normal motion, two keypads with a separate panel, multiple sirens with one in attic and cell dialing.
They always say they can do this 'included' but then it becomes back and forth with some manager or the parent company that insists they will send another guy out...it ends up being $500+ and you aren't getting the equipment promised.
I am planing on going with a Vista 15P or equivalent soon and possibly doing some wired connections...although with today's smart wireless many are skipping that.
Most don't think how easy it is to defeat phone and with a panel that's all built into one that's easy to defeat too. Now cell phone jamming is becoming low hanging fruit, but it's not widely used.
Anyway why the hell do they ship these guys in? Aren't there kids willing to sell stuff locally?
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