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Saturday, November 21, 2009

Who Rates Best (& Worst) in the Boston Area? Now You'll Know.

Home Security

	The prospect of having an intruder in your home is unsettling at best. So it's no surprise that the home security alarm business thrives. But most homeowners can significantly cut their risk of burglary with small expenditures and a few new habits. We discuss how to assess your home's vulnerabilities, how to discourage burglars, and whether to purchase a home alarm system. We also give advice on selecting an alarm installer. From Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK Magazine
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	Name	Number of ratings	Checkbook's top rating ()		What percent of customers rated firm "superior" on our survey for "overall quality"	Firm's price index score
	Name	Number of ratings	for quality	for price		Firm's price index score
1.	ADT Security Services 111 Morse St #3 Norwood, MA 800-999-5950	253 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
2.	Advanced Alarms PO Box 859 Wrentham, MA 508-384-0018	14 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
3.	All Security 771 Kempton St New Bedford, MA 508-993-4271	20 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
4.	American Alarm 297 Broadway Arlington, MA 781-641-2000	101 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
5.	Arco Security 14 Virginia St Uphams Corner, MA 617-282-3300		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
6.	Audio Video & Security Design 170 Needham St Newton, MA 617-964-8001	11 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
7.	Brink's Home Security All locations combined 800-725-3537	27 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
8.	Century Security Systems 42 Furness St Revere, MA 781-284-8333		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
9.	Danco Security Systems & Elctr 36 Westminster St Fall River, MA 508-675-7318		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
10.	E & L Security 420 Washington St #Ll5 Braintree, MA 781-848-0351		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
11.	Eastern Alarm 20 Pond Park Rd Hingham, MA 781-749-4955		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
12.	Family Security Systems 33 Newmarch St Ipswich, MA 978-356-4324		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
13.	Home & Commercial Security 44 Blanding Rd Rehoboth, MA 508-336-8833	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
14.	Home Electronics Life Protctn 141 Chestnut St North Attleboro, MA 508-699-0300		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
15.	Instant Signal & Alarm 303 Highland Ave Salem, MA 978-744-9070	13 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
16.	Jemp-Marc Security 205 S Main St Middleton, MA 978-777-0899	17 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
17.	Lexington Alarm Systems 9 Alfred Cir Bedford, MA 781-275-4200	84 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
18.	Mellonics Alarms 86 Crosswinds Groton, MA 978-250-1192	18 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
19.	MHL Security & Sounds 517 N Main St Randolph, MA 781-961-2626	20 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
20.	Omni Security Team PO Box 879 Byfield, MA 978-465-5000	15 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
21.	Patriot Alarm Systems 292 Bailey St Canton, MA 781-821-2325	13 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
22.	Riel Security 22 Haverhill Rd Windham, NH 603-894-5911		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
23.	Safety Signal 69 Norfolk Rd Millis, MA 508-376-2238	26 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
24.	Shufro Security 1231 Washington St Newtonville, MA 617-244-3355	71 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
25.	Sos Security Systems 240 Boston St Topsfield, MA 978-887-8341		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
26.	Special Agent Systems 67 Pleasant St Watertown, MA 617-924-2100	28 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
27.	Watch 24 66 Cambridge St Middleboro, MA 508-947-7727		Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.
28.	Wayne Alarm 424 Essex St Lynn, MA 781-595-0000	13 ratings	Boston Consumers' CHECKBOOK has ratings of 18 local home security firms. Subscribe now for ratings, articles and more.

Boston home security firms by neighborhood

MA
Home Security Firms in Arlington, MA	Home Security Firms in Bedford, MA	Home Security Firms in Braintree, MA
Home Security Firms in Byfield, MA	Home Security Firms in Canton, MA	Home Security Firms in Fall River, MA
Home Security Firms in Groton, MA	Home Security Firms in Hingham, MA	Home Security Firms in Ipswich, MA
Home Security Firms in Lynn, MA	Home Security Firms in Middleboro, MA	Home Security Firms in Middleton, MA
Home Security Firms in Millis, MA	Home Security Firms in New Bedford, MA	Home Security Firms in Newton, MA
Home Security Firms in Newtonville, MA	Home Security Firms in North Attleboro, MA	Home Security Firms in Norwood, MA
Home Security Firms in Randolph, MA	Home Security Firms in Rehoboth, MA	Home Security Firms in Revere, MA
Home Security Firms in Salem, MA	Home Security Firms in Topsfield, MA	Home Security Firms in Uphams Corner, MA
Home Security Firms in Watertown, MA	Home Security Firms in Westwood, MA	Home Security Firms in Wrentham, MA
NH
Home Security Firms in Windham, NH

Subscriber Comments/Reviews

CHECKBOOK provides subscriber comments on their experiences with the firms they use. Please remember that individual subscriber comments are informal. Subscriber comments may give you insight into the types of features and problems that exist in a service field, but are not the best basis for selecting or rejecting a specific firm. To assess the quality of a firm's performance, we recommend that you give more weight to the percentages of favorable ratings. Those percentages are generally based on much larger numbers of consumers' ratings (the number of consumer ratings is noted above).

Subscriber from CAMBRIDGE, MA wrote about ADT SECURITY SERVICES, Norwood, MA on 08/31/09: When calling for a service call their earliest time for service is typically two weeks..........

Subscriber from BELMONT, MA wrote about SPECIAL AGENT SYSTEMS, Watertown, MA on 08/24/09: I've used these people since 1985. I wouldn't use anybody else........

Subscriber from NEWTON CENTER, MA wrote about BRINK'S HOME SECURITY, , on 08/17/09: Customer service is poor. Equipment keeps failing and expensive to fix unless you take the..........

Subscriber from QUINCY, MA wrote about BRINK'S HOME SECURITY, , on 09/18/07: In Seattle, the Brinks service was excellent. We stayed with them when we moved to..........

Subscriber from LEXINGTON, MA wrote about AMERICAN ALARM & COMMUNICATIONS, Arlington, MA on 10/06/06: new address is 295 Broadway, Arlington.......

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