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Re: Home Alarm Systems

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From: Ted Ede
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1993 15:56
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In article <SPIKE.93Jan5195810@world.std.com> spike@world.std.com (Joe Ilacqua) writes:
>	They could always have a analog lease line and have the alarm
>box send a constant tone over it.  If the line was cut they'd know it.

That's exactly how they work.  Just lease a dry circuit from the phone
company. I have a friend that installs home alarms, and that's the
setup he recommends.

  Ted Ede -- ted@world.std.com -- on contract at the Open Software Foundation
     -- All views expressed are mine unless explicitly stated otherwise --
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From: ede@porter.osf.org (Ted Ede)
Subject: Re: Home Alarm Systems
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