ADT door knocking ?

[Erik88]

Heh, mine said... "Unless you have Girl Scout Cookies, I don't want what you're selling."

ADT's alarm systems may be "state of the art" (I had one in my previous house), they're still rendered useless in less than 1 second. Disconnect the phone line and it's just a noise maker. No one pays attention to noise makers until they've gone off for at least an hour these days. I pointed that out to the sales rep. He said... "um, I guess you're right. I never thought of that."

actually no. most are backed up to a cell phone.

[Guest tnxdshooter]

actually no. most are backed up to a cell phone.

Having worked for brinks and knowing adt uses the same set up there is a way a technician can put in a deal that alerts to when a phone line has been cut and it displays on the key pad. At one time we also had a way that if the line was cut you could still get a cop rolled by hitting your distress button on your key fob. I dont know if that is still the case or not. Also, we had radio back up.

[Guest tnxdshooter]

actually no. most are backed up to a cell phone.

Nope,

radio back up

inside the box where the battery is and all that but will still notify you on your cell phone.

[peejman]

I have always wondered, would a noise maker deter thieves?...Could they stay in a house with sirens going off?

You'd have to get an extra loud siren. In our old house, my wife set off the alarm while I was in the shower and I didn't hear it. It was loud, but not unbearably so. It wasn't audible beyond 10 ft outside the house. OTOH... the siren in my parents house is absolutely deafening and audible a good 150ft from the house... though their nearest neighbors are 1000 yds away.

actually no. most are backed up to a cell phone.

That must be new. The system I had was installed about 6 years ago.