re: Home security systems/monitoring?

I tell everone systems are like cars. Bottom line they will all do what you want. Window/door violated they go off and ring locally or dispatch someone. Just depends on your taste and how much your willing to spend for frills. As the above poster stated go local. Find out what companies offer and get prices upfront. I personally will install anything but if you have a problem at 3 am and call me i know my stuff off the top of my head and will have go searching if its another brand. There are a number of good companies here in baton rouge if that is where you are. Out of every 10 complaints i get and try and to help out 9 are about a national company. Unfortunatly that piece of paper you sign is worth its weight in gold and thats just the nature of our industry these days. Dad and i have chose not to go that route for 33 years now and they have a handful that dont. But it comes out to math if your looking for best deal. You will either pay for something up front and most of the time cheaper. Or spread it out over 3-5 years and pay a good bit more. Theres nothing free. We dont have prime real estate all over town if we gave away our stuff. And fwiw my office is basically for storage i dont even have a sign. But once again we chose to go the small route rather than expanding.