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Old 09-19-2004, 11:00 PM  
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Originally posted by Joesho
I have one, but the funny thing people do not realize, is that once the phone line is cut, the alarm is no good... until someone monitoring it decides they did not recieve some kind of a signal back, this could be ten minutes, or it could be an hour and a half, so basically oncce the phone line is cut, the alarm is rendered usless.
You are right. However, they do have an option for "Cellular Backup" that allows the alarm system to dial with a cellular connection even if the main phone line has been cut. It costs a couple hundred dollars to add the option, but it's worth it depending on the worth of your property.

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