Add your own 2nd alarm system. You can even use the sensors of your existing one to interface with a computer (just the sensors, mind you, not the actual controllers.) Got a DSL line? Got a modem? Got a cell phone? Got a pager? Got network capable cameras? Got access to another computer outside your house that can also watch when your DSL line is down and notify you? Got a small computer you could hide somewhere non obvious? Like inside a wall? Maybe a still useable old laptop with a broken screen that you could pick up off ebay for cheap? Got an imagination and some wiring/programming skills? ----------------------Kaos-Keraunos-Kybernetos--------------------------- + ^ + :25Kliters anthrax, 38K liters botulinum toxin, 500 tons of /|\ \|/ :sarin, mustard and VX gas, mobile bio-weapons labs, nukular /\|/\ <--*-->:weapons.. Reasons for war on Iraq - GWB 2003-01-28 speech. \/|\/ /|\ :Found to date: 0. Cost of war: $800,000,000,000 USD. \|/ + v + : The look on Sadam's face - priceless! --------_sunder_@_sunder_._net_------- http://www.sunder.net ------------ On Fri, 8 Aug 2003, Tyler Durden wrote:
...in cahoots with the "authorities"?
In other words, lets say I leave my house for an extended period of time, and "they" tell the Alarm Monitoring company to shut down for a while so they can protect our freedoms. (I assume this is the way they would go about installing various things in one's house while away...wrong?)
How can I tell if my alarm has been "down" for a period of time, assuming I don't believe the records of the alarm company in such cases?