Entrepreneurship. I started my own woodworking business (selling decorative mounting brackets for the Nest Thermostat) at age 30. The amount of energy required to bootstrap a small business is exhausting. Makes me miss the days when I was able to stay up all night and wake up refreshed in the morning.
Also, being a business owner is all about making mistakes and learning from those mistakes. I wish I would have started making those mistakes much earlier in life so I could have had those skilled honed by now.
For the young guys around here that are interested in being your own boss, check out the great people over at /r/entrepreneur.
I haven't seen a huge difference in any of the companies I've used. Vivant, ADT are pretty well known and reliable. Guardian Protection Services are pretty good too.
Don't get security cameras through any of them though; it's too expensive. Go get some Nest Camera's instead (http://nest.com). They're amazing.
If you want a Nest, visit http://nest.com/works and answer the questions to check compatibility. If compatible, it’s super easy to install a Nest yourself, everything you need comes in the box (except tools).
Have you tried a Different USB cable and a different power adaptor? Maybe try a different outlet to see if any of these will resolve the issue. If its still not responding correctly, please reach out to our phone support. You can get their contact information from here: nest.com/help