I had a security company, a few months ago, exclaim how they could install a free alarm system and I would only pay 23 dollar a month on a 3 year agreement for my business. So the sales rep came to educate me on their services. I asked all of the necessary questions, will the rates ever go up, has it ever, false alarm reductions, repair, warranty, etc. After about 3 months of the system being installed the alarm goes off around 11pm one night. I never received a phone call from the monitoring station. The police came to my house and called me about the alarm going off. I got charged for noise pollution, false alarm, and the alarm company is always unavailable.
A friend of mine who used to work for an alarm company came by a few weeks later and checked the system for me. Come to find out the monitoring stations phone numbers was never programmed in the alarm system. What the heck am I paying for? Be very careful with these companies...
However I did find resolve to the problem! My friend who came to check the system turned me on to this company called the Integrators Union, www.integratorsunion.com . This company specializes in getting you the best price from qualified security companies all over the US, and they got me out of my contract and I have a real security company working with me! I just went to their website clicked the Customer Quote icon that was it.
Make sure you do business with a reputable company and do your research, ALWAYS!!!