Residential Burg Alarm

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Originally Posted by SAMIAM

Vitabean.....google up Frontpoint Security systems.......and then google up reviews for them.I did a lengthy seach because I have some experience with other companies and wanted to look around.They seem to be the best by far....there is not a single negative review in the whole country.You order online and they send a system that is all programmed....all you do is plug in the control panel,stick up the sensors (door&window or motion) and call them up to activate the system.The control panel has a cell phone,battery back up and siren.I bought a whole house system from them for $300.....with a three year monitoring contract for $39 monthly....pretty much standard.
Comparable prices from other companies were over $1000 such as ADT and Brinks and they have hundreds of complaints about poor service,alarms not answered and pushy salesmen.

$39/mo is about 4x the going rate for alarm monitoring. And most people don't really trust those lick-n-stick sensors long-term.

ADT and Brinks are certainly not the way to go either. A good local alarm integrator selling DSC, Napco, DMP or (if you can find someone in the lakes region) HAI gear is going to give you the best overall system quality and reliability.