Terry,
I can tell you what I have. I looked for one that the motoring station was close by, 125 miles away in Redding and then talked to them. After their suggestions I wanted more and laid out what I wanted and bought the system and just pay them to monitor it. That way I can add or change without having to go through their lengthy approval process. I have infra red, motion detectors, glass breakage detectors and of course door and window detectors in every room, plus fire and smoke detectors and a panic alarm. Outside I have motion detector lights that will cover every inch of the area around my house and sound an alarm in the house when they are tripped. The police station is now about 150 feet from my house. Just my opinion, but try to get one whose main offices are as close to you as possible. That way they can notify the police a lot quicker if something should go wrong. I am still adding to mine as the dopers around here increase, but so far they will walk on the other side of the street as the word has been out for the past few years that I not only have alarms but guns. Also my garage is fully alarmed in several ways. Also make sure it has a battery back up as most of the better oes do and you can have a cell phone set up in case the phone lines are down but that is expensive and mostly for businesses.
Ron
