Florida Security System Options – So Many to Choose From!

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Florida security system options more vast than any other service provider!

With the recent hurricane Irma hitting central Florida many homeowners were left extremely frustrated with service providers such as Spectrum and Duke Energy. Duke energy customers in some cases went 10 days or longer without power being restored while customers under the grid of the Orlando Utility Authority had power restored much quicker. Even Kissimmee Utility Authority had their customers back up and running long before Duke Energy customers. Spectrum cable and internet customers also felt the brunt of damage to the infrastructure when estimates for restoration times lingered past the two week mark. Some of you may have experienced the infamous Spectrum message when calling in to report outages. We certainly didn’t get any live customer service representatives, instead customers heard a pre-recorded message letting them know that they are aware of vast outages and there is NO estimate on restoration time.

Ok, Irma was a natural disaster – so why were homeowners in central Florida so frustrated? Duke Energy nor Spectrum can have any control over a natural disaster taking out critical infrastructure. That’s where the frustration comes in for Florida homeowners too!! We do not have control over our service providers. In many places you have one option for your electric provider, one option for cable, one option for satellite, one option for water. It gets frustrating because if you don’t get good customer service or the product just plain doesn’t live up to expectations – it’s just too bad!

Luckily, for you and the rest of central Florida – you have LOTS of choices for home security providers. Not just homeowners either! Renters in central Florida have home security system options, too. You probably already know about ADT home security in Orlando, Florida but do you know about the many family owned, independent local home security alarm companies available to you? As a family owned home security business, Lane Electronics and Alarm Sytems Inc. has the power to give you better service for a better price. We are willing to fight for your business – you are more than just “another home security monitoring account” to us. Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems cares about your family, your home and your business.

Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems provides quality home security products manufactured by DMP. DMP home security systems feature spectrum jumping technology so wireless home security products are resistant to hackers who have the ability to block the frequency of wireless security systems. DMP security systems also use a feature DMP calls “red on alarm”. What does a red security keypad mean? In DMP’s world – it means your home security system had a breach while the security system was in the armed state. Imagine coming home, disarming your home security system and only after having sat down on the couch do you realize your home has been broken into. How scary would that be? DMP home security system keypads turn red after an alarm event so that the moment you see your red security keypad you know that an alarm event has happened and you know to leave the house and wait for authorities to clear the premise.

There are many other features that make DMP home security products great. If you’re looking for a new Florida home security installation, Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems would love to provide you with a free home security system quote. If you have an existing home security system by manufacturers such as Honeywell (formerly Ademco), DSC, CADDX, GE, Moose Home Security or others – give us a call. We can still provide you with home security monitoring services.

This is one of those times when having a choice in your providers is a big benefit to central Florida.

 

Lane Electronics and Alarm Systems is based in Winter Park, Florida but services most of the state of Florida including Orlando, Florida and surrounding suburbs.

Hurricane Irma

Hurricane Irma:

Lane Electronics’ admin office will be closing early today to give our employees time to take care of their last minute storm preparations. We also made the call this morning to stay closed through Monday.

We’ve been getting lots of calls from concerned customers so we want to address the most common concerns:

If your power goes out and you have a digital phone service, if you don’t have your modem plugged into a battery backup you will lose home phone service. You can buy a battery backup at any store that sells electronics.

If you lose power your alarm system will run on battery backup for up to 24 hours. The system will function normally (with the exception of a low battery beep warning) until the system loses it’s battery backup supply.

Alarm systems will return to power in the same state they were when they lost power: if your system is armed (turned on) when the power is lost, it will be armed when it regains power.

If you have an alarm event during the storm, police fire and medical personnel will only respond when it is safe to do so.

If your siren is triggered, the alarm system will reset itself and the siren will stop in approximately two minutes. If your system was armed and has not been disarmed, the system will trigger again if another zone is breached.

If you live in a gated community, it is wise to leave gates open during the storm and gate operators powered down. High winds can mangle gates, arms and other critical components. If power is lost and the gates are mangled you may not be able to leave your community and emergency personnel may not be able to come in.

Phone outages may also stop you from using the telephone entry to let guests or family members in or out.

Please be safe. The central station will be open 24 hours throughout the storm and operators will be on duty to take your alarm calls.

Our technicians will be on emergency call but again, will only respond when it is safe to do so.