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In article <1993Jan8.182536.26405@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> bruno@allof.enet.dec.com (Greg Bruno) writes:
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> In article <C0I5JI.Hr6@techbook.com>, 
>    jamesd@techbook.com (James Deibele) writes...
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> >Is there anywhere where homes (or businesses) with alarm systems are 
> >still hooked directly to the local police?
> > 
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>      There are some businesses hooked directly to the police in our town, but
> the number is small, because false alarms have a costly penalty.  After
> a certain number of false alarms, they will disconnect you.  I believe there
> is a steep cost for just setting up the connection.
> 
>      It is more efficient to have a local security company monitor the alarms
> and send out their own people to investigate alarms.
> 
>                                        Greg
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> bruno@cupid.enet.dec.com                  "What sorcery is this?"    
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The alarm company I have does not investigate anything except by phone.
They call the house (for a secret password in case it's a false alarm),
then the police/fire, then call people on a list you have given them in
advance.  BTW the alarm company contracts the monitoring to some central
service who is located God knows where.  The alarm company itself
handles maintenance & wiring, and when I priced the monitoring fee this
turned out to be the difference.  The company I choose was moderately
low priced but seemed very cooperative in terms of inspecting the system
and connecting it up the alarm to a phone, and were very knowledgeable
about the brand of alarm (we bought the house with the alarm in it but
not monitored).  Other companies were cheaper per month but wanted $$$
for inspection, hookup, etc.

Liam Healy