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Old 04-02-2008, 08:14 AM
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For those of you with home security services with either ADT or Brinks, which one is better based on features, pricing, etc...? Pros and Cons....



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i will throw bayalarm into the mix.
i highly recommend.
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Buy one and install it yourself and then use another company to monitor for only 10 bucks a month.
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Old 04-02-2008, 09:48 PM
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hmm..ill check out bay alarm after i talk to the rep from adt on saturday. see how it goes.
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Home alarms are kinda useless if the Police won't respond to the break-ins. My friend has ADT and has a awol sensor on one of his doors. It went off once while he was home with his wife and baby and the ADT said they were dispatching the Police. An hour passed with him sitting locked in his bedroom waiting for the Police. They never showed. He called back ADT and they said that the call to the Polce went in an hour ago and that they will call again.

So YMMV, but a home alarm is great to let you know a window or door is broken into, but you'll have to figure out a way to defend yourself if someone really does a home invasion on you.
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bay alarm does not seem to offer incentives like adt or anything.

adt i believe offers free basic installation
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Originally Posted by littlerocket777,Apr 3 2008, 09:01 AM
Home alarms are kinda useless if the Police won't respond to the break-ins. My friend has ADT and has a awol sensor on one of his doors. It went off once while he was home with his wife and baby and the ADT said they were dispatching the Police. An hour passed with him sitting locked in his bedroom waiting for the Police. They never showed. He called back ADT and they said that the call to the Polce went in an hour ago and that they will call again.

So YMMV, but a home alarm is great to let you know a window or door is broken into, but you'll have to figure out a way to defend yourself if someone really does a home invasion on you.
hm interesting. whenever my alarm trips, if we don't get to it fast enough, cops are dispatched and we have to call it in. if we don't, cops are at our door in like 10 mins.

and you get fined for false alarms where cops are sent out..... speaking from past experience
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Originally Posted by lilazngrl4o8,Apr 3 2008, 02:56 PM
hm interesting. whenever my alarm trips, if we don't get to it fast enough, cops are dispatched and we have to call it in. if we don't, cops are at our door in like 10 mins.

and you get fined for false alarms where cops are sent out..... speaking from past experience
Guess it depends on the city...he's in SF.
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