All these media companies getting into home security businesses.

Verizon and comcast sell there stuff here but they do not seem to be doing very well with it when people realize what it really costs

don't know anyone with these ISPs' alarm systems. Do you guys? Almost Ever yone I know uses ADT. An old couples with a local one(?). Are these really popular with ISPs and media companies? Thank you in advance. :) -- Quote of the Week: "None preaches better than the ant, and she says nothing." --Ben Franklin /\___/\ Ant(Dude) @

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Everybody wants a piece of the recurring revenue pie. Typically, through th e years the problem the larger companies have with it is that they can't pr ovide the one on one service that is expected by the consumer. As long as t he system works, everything is "OK". As soon as the consumers try to make f ull use of the system and something doesn't work, the "next up" service tec h (excuse me, I mean person who happens to be riding around in a service tr uck and doesn't have a vested interest in retaining the customer) appears a t the site. Or .... the alarm system is so dumbed down that it takes two or three minutes for the system to report to central or doesn't report at all and then another 3 to 5 minutes before the central calls for a code word. Or they don't call at all because they got a disarm signal. As always, it boils down to ..... you don't get something for nothing and p ersonalized service.

So, it's worse than the popular ones like ADT?