Here is a question that most people really don't think about when they are checking into getting an alarm system. I will say upfront, that when I started installing alarm systems, there was no wireless, so I am probably going to be a bit one sided on this subject, but I will show both sides, both good an bad, then you can decieded for yourself.

Most people today just asume that wireless is what everyone does. Let's say you want to get an alarm system and you have lived in your house a few years, you might think that wireless is the only way it can be done. Hardwiring a house after it is built can still be done, wires are fished inside the wall, so you never see them. Most people think you are going to have wires stapled all over the place, but not so. Finding people who do hardwire, is getting to be a lost art.

Wireless:

Many moons ago, when wireless came out, it pretty much, sort of, worked. If you opened a window,