21st Century Security

My girlfriend’s house was broken into last week. Unfortunately, she didn’t have an alarm system (she does now, and trust me, between the desire to be safe and secure and my law enforcement background, it’s a DAMN good one) so the crime went undiscovered until we got home.  That night, we started looking at security system options.  The problem (well, the BIGGEST problem) was that she had gotten rid of her home phone long ago and we just use our cellphones (more and more people are doing this these days, so it’s not really uncommon anymore).  Most of the alarm systems out there rely on a home phone to “phone home” to the alarm company when there is trouble or a system update.  Now, since more homes are going the route of cell-only or VOIP-only home phones, the alarm companies are having to update their game plan.  You may have to look a little harder, but trust me, there ARE options out there for good, safe systems that don’t require a land line.  DownloadSquad has a good writeup on the subject today.

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