Comments on: DirectLink: West U Residents to See Jump in Alarm Monitoring Fee

By: wolfgang

wolfgang — Thu, 27 Oct 2011 00:32:03 +0000

The difference between direct link and 3rd party systems can be whether or not you like to keep your property. In the 5-10 minutes a 3rd party company takes to finally call the police, they could have been there and already checked the property. If you desire to assist the police in catching those taking your property, you may want to consider direct link.

By: Vanderbilt Resident

Vanderbilt Resident — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 20:54:58 +0000

And eventually this company will get around to calling the West U Police Distpach with the emergency, which is where the City’s DirectLink system would have called when immediately triggered. Typically the city police is already on site with Direct Link calls by the time the out of state alarm companies get around to calling them on theirs.

By: Debbie Pilcher

Debbie Pilcher — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 14:05:50 +0000

“The city has charged $25 per month since 1997, but council approved an increase of $35 per month on Monday night.” Actually the increase was $10 — from $25 to $35.