Using a third-party central station can delegate employee training for the computerized services and systems used in modern central stations to specialists. Their economies of scale by serving many dealers can reduce dealers’ monitoring costs to a level lower than what the dealers could provide with their own central stations. These savings can be passed on to the customer and bring more business to security dealers.
With today’s nationwide communications networks, accounts no longer have to be monitored in the area or even the state in which they are located, as long as the central stations meet all applicable state regulations for monitoring accounts and qualifying their employees.