>Most alarm companies offer a "package deal",,,IOW, "we will
>arm two doors and three windows, one key pad, one alarm box,
>etc. for $99.95 and then you pay the monthly service fee.
>If you want to add other doors, they are about $150 per door
>and something else like $100 per additional window. So, a
>large home with lots of doors and dozens of windows would
>cost a fortune. Also, newer homes that are already
>pre-wired cost much less to arm than an older home where the
>installation process has to start from scratch. The Ramseys
>obviously could have afforded it no matter what the cost,
>but probably only chose to arm conspicuous access points
>since they felt Boulder was reasonably safe.

You're just a wealth of knowledge, today. I think the Ramseys just left the existing alarm system how they found it. So, even someone who had little to no previous criminal behavior could have easily speculated that some of the windows would not be alarmed.

What's the use of an alarm system that can be gotten around so easily?