Revenue - Disaggregation of Revenue (Details) - USD ($) $ in Thousands	3 Months Ended
Mar. 31, 2020	Mar. 31, 2019
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 1,369,752	$ 1,243,060
Monitoring and Related Services
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenue	1,045,957	1,070,415
Installation and Other
Revenue, Initial Application Period Cumulative Effect Transition [Line Items]
Revenue	$ 323,795	$ 172,645

Amount, including tax collected from customer, of revenue from satisfaction of performance obligation by transferring promised good or service to customer. Tax collected from customer is tax assessed by governmental authority that is both imposed on and concurrent with specific revenue-producing transaction, including, but not limited to, sales, use, value-added and excise.

Reference 1: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 5
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130545-203045

Reference 2: http://www.xbrl.org/2003/role/disclosureRef
-Publisher FASB
-Name Accounting Standards Codification
-Topic 606
-SubTopic 10
-Section 50
-Paragraph 4
-Subparagraph (a)
-URI http://asc.fasb.org/extlink&oid=118956577&loc=SL49130543-203045

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