I've used Brinks hard wired system in two houses now. They, and ADT, do a quality installation. Brinks has been out to my current location once in 13 years - to replace the back-up battery. Any hard wired system will have a back-up battery which will have a finite life. Both companies usually give you 2 key pads 'for free' along with various other sensors according to whatever 'specials' they are running at the time. There may be cheaper local alarm companies but you get what you pay for. Every time I forget and set off my own alarm, Brinks is on the phone verifying that it's not an intruder. Brinks and ADT monitor 24/7, live and direct. A local company may not have a 'live human' at the monitor console. If you go local, get a written guarantee that they are there 24 hours a day. Wireless systems usually rely solely on batteries - at each sensor and receiver - a lot of batteries to worry about - that's why those systems are so much cheaper. |
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