How can you tell if your alarm company's...

[Sunder]

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?



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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?