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- From: rogers@calamari.hi.com (Andrew Rogers)
- Newsgroups: ne.general
- Subject: Re: Home Alarm Systems
- Date: 5 Jan 1993 18:02:15 -0000
- Organization: Hitachi Computer Products, OSSD division
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- In article <9301050946.AA08783@iecc.cambridge.ma.us> johnl@iecc.cambridge.ma.us (John R. Levine) writes:
- >>Would any self-respecting burglar neglect to disconnect the phone lines
- >>before entering the house?
- >
- >Yes. Some kinds of alarms including one that I used to have here in my
- >house set off the alarm instantly (at the alarm station) if the line is cut.
-
- A friend's condo was broken into despite the presence of such a security
- system; the detective who investigated theorized that the burglars simply
- called her number and let it ring, thus tying up the line so the alarm
- couldn't dial out. Anyone know how these alarms deal with that possibility?
- Do some alarm companies recommend a dedicated, unlisted phone line (hers
- didn't)? If you had such a line, would it be all that difficult for a burglar
- to patch a phone into it (externally - like at the junction box) and dial
- (say) the time/temperature number to tie up the line anyway?
-
- AWR
-