Home Security Systems are not all the same neither are security companies

Home security systems work. They keep the bad guys out while protecting your loved ones, family, and property. Most home security systems have similar characteristics. Security systems are either hardwired or wireless. They communicate to the monitoring station through the land-line telephone network or through a secure cellular network know as cellular monitoring or GSM.

How Security Systems differ.

• Providers : These are the companies which provide security. There are local companies which service limited areas and national companies which offer service throughout the country such as ADT Security, FrontPoint Security, and Protect America.
• Equipment : Most home protection companies either use Honeywell Security or GE Security equipment, I would stay away from any company which does not use either Honeywell Security or GE Security equipment. Both companies have been in the market for more than thirty years and are trusted industry leaders. Also security technicians are familiar with these two brands which makes for easier installs. Frontpoint Security offers  GE’s Simont XT with cellular monitoring only. Protect America offers the Simon XT with land-line monitoring and cellular monitoring. With ADT you could receive either a Honeywell Security system or a GE system land-line or cellular monitoring. 
• Monitoring : Not all central stations are created equal. The best are Five Diamond Certified central stations which are members of the Central Station Alarm Association or CSAA for short. CSAA is a trade association incorporated in 1950. Some of its goals are to reduce false alarms, develop industry standards, and evaluate future technologies. Out of approximately 3000 monitoring station in the USA about 200 are members of CSAA. Central monitoring stations needed a way to delineate the best from the rest so they created the CSAA. Member of CSAA are held to the highest standards in the industry. ADT Security are Five Diamond Certified central station.
• Pricing : Each security company has their own pricing structure. Back in the 1970′s a home security system cost around $1200. Today you can get one for as little as $29.99/mo. How is this possible? The industry in the 1980′s came up with the idea of contracts and monthly payments. The end price is still about the same only spread out over the course of 36 months. You can be billed annually, quarterly or monthly by most national companies such as Frontpoint Security, ADT Security, or Protect America.
• Contracts : Not all contracts are created equal. Read your contact. Read the small print. I’ve often heard customers from a competing company tell me they signed a one-year or two-year contact. Upon reading the small print these contracts turn out to be three-year contracts. Also look closely at any “evergreen” or “rollover” clause. Avoid these contracts. The stipulations can be so onerous it’s difficult to get out of these contracts even after the customer is technically “out of contract”. Neither Frontpoint Security, ADT Security, or Protect America have any rollover clauses. Yet ADT Security states in their contract they can raise your rates after the first 12 months.
• Complaints and Reviews: Read complaints and reviews from review sites such as the Better Business Bureau or Angies List. I have found that large complaints from a site such as the BBB often correlate to the number of dissatisfied customers from any one company.

 

 

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