By Kremak Pioh
One of those timeless questions, such as why do kamikaze pilots wear helmets, or is there really ever a day when mattresses aren't on sale? I recently noticed that the question, what does ADT stand for? receives approximately 92 queries a day on the Google search engine, so I thought it might be a great opportunity to stop and give a little history about ADT...let's get this started!
ADT employs over 20,000 people and about a third of them are in our neighborhoods as installers and technicians. Yes, you get an actual employee of the company who comes to your home for any reason about your security system. These people are licensed experts in what they do and there's great peace of mind in just knowing who we are letting into our homes.
Even though crime is more prevalent than ever before ADT's technology has far outpaced criminals in sophistication. For example, where the sensors designed to detect the opening of windows and doors used to be tied to the rest of the security system using wires that could be cut, now they're connected using wireless technology. This serves three purposes. First, the fact that wires don't have to be installed in your home prevents a lot of unsightly wires running all over the place. Second, since wires don't need to be installed, your security system can be installed more quickly, which saves you money. Third, and most importantly, a wireless connection means that there aren't any wires for intruders to cut in an effort to disarm the system! Another example of sophisticated technology can be seen in the form of the heat sensors that are now part of every home security system. Not only do heat sensors allow the system to detect intruders on your property before they even reach your house, but they're also smart enough to distinguish between animals- both wild and pets- and human intruders!
The next few decades saw advances by ADT, especially throughout the war years as ADT sought out security system automation, and their success slowly grew accordingly. It was not until 1969 that ADT actually became public, and was thus listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
ADT's monitoring centers also go a long way toward helping keep you as secure as possible. That's because there are five of them spread out across he United States so that if one of them can't handle your emergency because, chances are that the other four will be up and running and ready to assist you. All five centers are staffed around the clock by professional and compassionate dispatchers, who are trained to sort out false alarms from real emergencies and to get you the help that you need as quickly as possible in the event of a real emergency.
One of these options is called Pulse. Pulse adds varying degrees of home automation to compliment your security system as it's compatible with Zwave. The ability to monitor your home, turn on lights, change thermostat settings and many other features are available in the three different Pulse packages. All this control is available from a smartphone or any other internet connected device from almost anywhere.
ADT employs over 20,000 people and about a third of them are in our neighborhoods as installers and technicians. Yes, you get an actual employee of the company who comes to your home for any reason about your security system. These people are licensed experts in what they do and there's great peace of mind in just knowing who we are letting into our homes.
Even though crime is more prevalent than ever before ADT's technology has far outpaced criminals in sophistication. For example, where the sensors designed to detect the opening of windows and doors used to be tied to the rest of the security system using wires that could be cut, now they're connected using wireless technology. This serves three purposes. First, the fact that wires don't have to be installed in your home prevents a lot of unsightly wires running all over the place. Second, since wires don't need to be installed, your security system can be installed more quickly, which saves you money. Third, and most importantly, a wireless connection means that there aren't any wires for intruders to cut in an effort to disarm the system! Another example of sophisticated technology can be seen in the form of the heat sensors that are now part of every home security system. Not only do heat sensors allow the system to detect intruders on your property before they even reach your house, but they're also smart enough to distinguish between animals- both wild and pets- and human intruders!
The next few decades saw advances by ADT, especially throughout the war years as ADT sought out security system automation, and their success slowly grew accordingly. It was not until 1969 that ADT actually became public, and was thus listed on the New York Stock Exchange.
ADT's monitoring centers also go a long way toward helping keep you as secure as possible. That's because there are five of them spread out across he United States so that if one of them can't handle your emergency because, chances are that the other four will be up and running and ready to assist you. All five centers are staffed around the clock by professional and compassionate dispatchers, who are trained to sort out false alarms from real emergencies and to get you the help that you need as quickly as possible in the event of a real emergency.
One of these options is called Pulse. Pulse adds varying degrees of home automation to compliment your security system as it's compatible with Zwave. The ability to monitor your home, turn on lights, change thermostat settings and many other features are available in the three different Pulse packages. All this control is available from a smartphone or any other internet connected device from almost anywhere.
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