At 01:04 PM 8/5/2002 -0400, Michael Hammer wrote: >Is there a good point of contact (preferably in the Washington., D.C. >area) that I could refer this question to? > >Related technology: I understand that there is an engineering group >working on the remote sensing of events and reporting across the Web that >would include home security services. > >Issue: I currently have home security service from ADT that uses dial-up >and would probably change to such a data service if offered. I was >recently notified that Fairfax County, VA passed an ordinance requiring >anyone with such a service to register with the police (The fee is a >minimal $10). Subscribe to and post this message to the Cybertelecom list .. where DC policy wonks and IP/telecom geeks meet to scream at each other about US telecom, FCC and other related topics ... http://www.cybertelecom.org/cybert.htm >Their problem is they often get false alarm calls to non 911 police >services. My problem is that they say they will refuse to respond to such >calls unless I am registered. Furthermore, the fines for "false alarms" >escalate to $500 for any calls beyond 2 per year, with fines for >non-registered user being substantially higher. Just as bad, they seem to >be establishing two classes of police service, with slower response times >for people using alarm systems. (The police told me that a neighbor >calling that results in police not finding any break-in is not considered >a false alarm.) > >Given that I pay as much or more to county property taxes, this doesn't >seem right and possibly unconstitutional. It may also, were I to do this >over the Internet, set precedent to regulate other Internet services. > >I am considering just cancelling the service to avoid the possible >fines. Am I over-reacting here? > >Mike > > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Richard Shockey, Senior Manager, Strategic Technology Initiatives NeuStar Inc. 46000 Center Oak Plaza Bldg 10 Sterling, VA 20166 Voice +1 571.434.5651 Cell : +1 314.503.0640, Fax: +1 815.333.1237 <mailto:richard@shockey.us> or <mailto:rich.shockey@neustar.biz> <http://shockey.us > ; <http://www.neustar.biz> ; <http://www.enum.org> <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<
