14 ADT Security Facts You Didn’t Know
ADT provides security for homes and businesses, but there is so much more to them than just that. For over a century, ADT has provided its customers with high-quality customer service, making them the number one security provider. Check out these ADT facts to get the full picture of ADT.
1. Founded More Than 100 Years Ago
ADT was founded in 1874 as American District Telegraph in Baltimore, MD. Back then, they were a telegraph company, delivering fast messages for its customers. It wasn’t until the 1940s that ADT really began focusing on providing home security, including their Teletherm automatic fire detection system, Telewave automatic intrusion system and ultrasonic burglar alarm.
2. Protects Commercial Customers
Over 500,000 commercial customers are protected by ADT, including 65 percent of the largest financial institutions, schools, airports, government facilities and global energy companies.
3. Trusted by Law Enforcement
When law enforcement needs additional documentation to prosecute criminals, they turn to ADT for any relevant and necessary paperwork, showing that even the law trusts and respects ADT. They even work with about 38,000 law, medical and fire agencies.
4. Saves Pets Lives
ADT provides window clings and monitoring for family pets, so rescue providers are aware of these family friends. An estimated 500,000 pets are affected by home fires every year, but ADT helps to lower those numbers.
5. Constant Monitoring
ADT monitors homes 24/7, but how do they do this? They do it with eight Customer Monitoring Centers in the United States and Canada and thousands of operators.
6. Over One Billion Calls
Since ADT started focusing on security in 1940, they have processed over one billion calls in their customer monitoring centers.
7. ADT Works
ADT is number one for a reason: it works. Each day, ADT responds to 90,000 alarm signals. That’s 33 million alarm signals a year.
8. Provides Total Protection
ADT offers a full-range of protection for home and office, including burglary protection, video surveillance, home automation, fire monitoring, carbon monoxide and flood protection.
9. ADT Pulse Offers Remote Security
ADT Pulse provides security protection on mobile phone through email and text alerts. Through ADT Pulse, customers are alerted of potential threats and can monitor their home even when they are away.
10. Covers Insurance Deductible
ADT stands behind their product, but if a burglary does occur while the system is armed, ADT covers the home owner’s insurance deductible up to $500, relieving some of the stress associated with a home burglary.
11. Low Price for Security
After the initial installation, ADT’s fee for home monitoring is relatively low, with some packages as low as about $1 a day. That’s a small price to pay for 24/7 monitoring 365 days a year.
12. 100 Percent Discount on Moving
When customers move, ADT moves with them, providing free installation of a new alarm system in the new location. This is for both residential and business systems.
13. ADT Cares
ADT’s Always Cares program provides volunteer events to help local causes. The two main groups this program focuses on are local heroes, such as firefighters, police and paramedics, and vulnerable populations, such as less fortunate families.
14.Experience
ADT has extensive experience and history with home and business protection. They provide many services to keep homes and buildings secure. They started with the telegraph, and even though they now focus on security, they are still about communication and bringing people together.
