Unhappy with your current alarm company?
Change Your Current Alarm Company — Without Buying A New System
Tired of poor service, rising rates, or off-shore call centres? Most existing alarm systems can be switched to Select Security Systems in Just a few hours — no new equipment, no long contracts, and local monitoring from our New Westminster station. Serving Langley, Surrey & the Lower Mainland since 2009.
Why most people change alarm companies
If any of these sound familiar, you’re not alone.
📞 Off-shore call centres
Your alarm goes off and you’re talking to someone in another country who can’t pronounce your name or your street name.
💸 Rates keep climbing
Your monthly fee somehow doubled over the years and now you’re paying $50–$80 for the same service.
⏳ Slow response times
It takes forever for someone to reach you when your alarm triggers — or worse, no one calls at all.
🔒 Locked-in contracts
You’re trapped in a 3-year contract and feel like you can’t get out — but you have more options than you think.
The good news
You don’t need a new alarm system to change companies.
This is the biggest myth in the alarm industry — that switching means ripping out your existing system and buying a brand new one. It’s not true. Most modern alarm panels (DSC, Honeywell, and others) can be reprogrammed in 1–2 hours to work with a different monitoring station. You keep your equipment. You keep your sensors. You keep your keypad. Everything just gets pointed at our local monitoring station instead of the one you’re unhappy with.
What changes: Where your alarm signals go (and who answers your phone when something happens).
What doesn’t change: Your panel, sensors, keypads, smoke detectors, app, or anything physically installed in your home or business unless required.
How switching alarm companies actually works
It’s simpler than you’ve been led to believe. Here are the 4 steps:
01
Free site assessment
We come to your home or business, look at your existing panel and sensors, and tell you exactly what’s possible. No obligation, no pressure.
02
We handle the cancellation
We help you understand your current contract, what your options are, and the best timing for the switch. Many contracts have exit clauses people don’t know about.
03
Reprogram your panel
Our technician comes out for 1–2 hours, factory resets your existing panel, reprograms it to communicate with our local New West monitoring station, and tests every sensor.
04
You’re done
That’s it. From $19.99/month with no long-term contract. If we don’t deliver, you walk away — and you keep your equipment.
What you get instead
A local alarm company that actually answers when you call
- Local New Westminster monitoring station — operating for over 25 years. Real Canadian operators, not off-shore call centres.
- $19.99/month monitoring — no long-term contracts, no equipment leases, no surprises.
- Same-week service — often same-day. Real local technicians, not subcontractors.
- You own your equipment — when you leave (if you ever do), the system stays with you.
- Real local people — call us and you reach an actual human in Langley, BC.
- 15+ years serving the Lower Mainland — established in 2009, with deep roots in the BC security industry. Learn more about our local monitoring station >>>
Questions people ask before switching
I’m still under contract. Can I still switch?
Often yes. Many alarm contracts include exit clauses, billing dispute provisions, or service-failure grounds for cancellation that customers don’t know about. We’ll review your contract with you and help you understand your options. In some cases it makes sense to wait out your contract; in many cases you can leave sooner than you think.
Will I lose my smartphone app and remote access?
No. If your existing GSM is alarm.com compatible you’ll continue to use the same app with all the same features — just connected to our monitoring station instead.
What does the switch cost?
The switch itself is typically a flat service charge for the labour hours to reprogram your existing equipment — much less than buying a new system. After that, monthly monitoring starts at $19.99/month with no long-term contract. We give you the exact number after the free site assessment.
Which alarm system brands can you take over?
We take over most major brands including DSC and Honeywell. If you’re not sure what brand you have, just send us a photo of your keypad or panel and we’ll confirm.
How long does the actual switch take?
The on-site system take over is typically just a few hours. We test every sensor, verify the connection with our monitoring station, and walk you through your new setup before we leave. You’re protected the same day.
Ready to change your alarm company?
Call now for a free no-obligation site assessment. We serve Langley, Surrey, Abbotsford, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Burnaby, Richmond, Vancouver, Delta, New Westminster, and the entire Lower Mainland.
Why Change Alarm Companies? A Local BC Perspective
The alarm industry has changed dramatically over the last 15 years. National monitoring companies have consolidated, customer service has moved overseas, and 3-year auto-renewing contracts have become the industry norm. Many homeowners and business owners across the Lower Mainland feel locked in with companies that no longer prioritize them as customers — and most don’t realize they have an easy way out.
Select Security Systems is a Langley-based local alarm company that’s been doing it differently since 2009. We monitor alarm signals through our local New Westminster monitoring station, which has been operating for over 25 years. When your alarm triggers, a real BC-based operator answers — not someone reading from a script in another country. When you call us during business hours, you reach a real person. When you need service, our technicians are at your property the same week, often the same day.
Switching from ADT, Telus, or another major provider?
We take over alarm systems from all major providers every week. Whether you’re currently with ADT, Telus, or a smaller regional company — if your existing equipment is supported by major alarm manufacturers like DSC or Honeywell, we can almost certainly take it over. Send us a photo of your panel or keypad and we’ll confirm before you commit to anything.
Service Area
We help homeowners and businesses change their alarm companies throughout the Lower Mainland — Langley, Surrey, Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Maple Ridge, Coquitlam, Port Moody, Burnaby, Richmond, Vancouver, Pitt Meadows, Mission, Delta, Tsawwassen, and New Westminster. Local technicians, local monitoring, local accountability.
Call 604-283-7015 today for your free no-obligation site assessment. Or learn more about our alarm system services and $19.99/month monitoring plans. Go to Alarms page to learn more >>
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