[stomachmonkey]

Another reason to keep the phone line disconnected.

Modems go can belly up on the receivers causing them to have connection failures which will make them try and connect constantly. This will cause a noticeable disruption in your phone service which you will attribute to the alarm system and drive the techs nuts looking for a non-existent problem. Then you'll think it's your wireless network and you'll f that up till you rule it out. Then you will assume interference from something in your area and you'll try to live with it which is impossible.

One day you'll be on the phone with support for some other reason and they'll ask why the phone line is not hooked up to which you will reply that it is and when they run a remote system check they'll figure it out and tell you to leave it disconnected.

Process can take a year or so.

Ask me how I know.

Scott