Work On Your Crib: Reasonable Security

Reality Man has to admit, with chagrin, that five years ago when he moved into his current crib he allowed a security system salesman to call on him and sell him a three year contract, at $30/month, for security monitoring--with a security system thrown in for "free." The security system is fine--fairly cool, even--but can be had in 2005 for a couple of hundred dollars. At least I've discovered Nextalarm.com, which provides monitoring for $14.95/month, $8.95 if you sign up for a year (refunds prorated at the $14.95 rate.)