Monitoring

November 19th, 2010

How Monitoring Companies Monitor Your Burglar Alarms

One of the more common questions you hear when people are installing burglar alarms and debating on whether or not to pay for a monthly monitoring fee is “how do these companies monitor your alarms and know when a burglar is trying to enter the home?” Obviously, the first step involves selecting one of the [...]

November 15th, 2010

Determining How to Monitor Your Burglar Alarms in 4 Easy Steps

As was mentioned in a prior article, burglar alarms can be hard-wired or wireless.  These alarms can also be monitored or unmonitored anytime you are installing them in order to protect your family and home from a burglar.  There are basically only a few ways to monitor home burglar alarms so you need to determine [...]

October 1st, 2010

Choosing a Monitoring Company for Your Burglar Alarms – Part 2: Meeting with the company representatives

The second stage of selecting a company for monitoring your burglar alarms involves interviewing the representatives of the monitoring service provider in order to determine which one to select.  The following will give you an idea of how that company can help prevent a burglar from victimizing you by monitoring your alarms around the clock [...]

September 29th, 2010

Choosing a Monitoring Company for Your Burglar Alarms – Part 1: Doing the necessary research before selecting the best company

Burglar alarms are oftentimes monitored by companies that use computers, special phone lines, and highly trained staff of professionals who watch over your home 24 hours a day.  If a burglar enters your home, and when the alarms go off, the monitoring service then notifies the proper emergency response authorities.  There is typically a monthly [...]

September 20th, 2010

Burglar alarms: choosing a monitoring company to watch your home

Companies that monitor burglar alarms use computers, special telephone lines and a professionally trained staff in order to protect your home and give you peace of mind whenever you are away.  Many of these alarms are referred to as silent alarms and the burglar doesn’t even know that they have been caught in the act [...]