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 In article <C0CF6y.1q0@jti.com> richb@jti.com (Richard Braun) writes:
 >fmrco!msommer@uunet.uu.net (Mark Sommer) writes:
 >>We bought a house this summer equipped with an alarm system from
 >>American Alarm.
 >>Any advice from alarm owners out there?
 >
 >Dump your alarm "service" company and buy a telephone dialer if it's
 >not already part of your system.  Set it up to call you and/or someone
 >else who can be reached most of the time.  If need be, get a beeper;
 >beepers cost less than alarm service contracts.

It would seem that this only works if your phone service is through some
direct microwave link.  I can't understand how people manage to sell alarm
systems that rely on the use of standard telephone lines.  Would any
self-respecting burglar neglect to disconnect the phone lines before
entering the house?

	pete peterson
	rep@genrad.com
	(508)369-4400 x2478; Home: (508)256-5829 (Chelmsford, MA)