GA Power: Ten Cameras Installed And Maintained For 3 Years - $70,760

Hmm, that is a good point.  They may just be charging what the market in that area will bear.  If so, kudos to them for the successful gouging.

Without knowing what they are putting in, how they are putting them in, and what is included with the deal it is difficult to gauge what the costs are.  Let’s say they’re trenching to new locations that don’t have poles, planting new utility poles, camouflaging them for the wealthy folks aesthetics, and so on.  In that scenario costs could be more significant than what we see on the surface.  Utility technicians are not cheap.

That is pretty interesting...  other than the 3 lone blue arrows to the right on E Roxboro Rd, it appears as if GA Power wants to charge the community residents for adding LPR cameras to locations that already have them in use by the APD.

These are my old stomping grounds. There are a wide range of home values in the area and I doubt there is an over arching HOA, which speaks to the 300 of 800 number. the math is unclear, but if GPC can sell this set up to those 300 subscribers, hat's off to them. We have been enlisted as a partner with them and quoted a couple of installations. I have no idea what the final proposals to the end users are, but neither has been bought so far.  

thanks Jay,

My thinking is that 'real' surveillance solutions provides are already operating lean and mean due to the Chinese manufacturer race to the bottom in commoditized hardware pricing.

So, even though it has sucked ass for most professional security integration companies to see their margins shrinking on the hardware side, those that have thrived by continuing to provide valuable services to their customers are well-positioned to fight off the Telcos/Utilities companies when they try and flex their muscle in our world.

Even though the Telcos/Utilities have the advantage of possession in the residential market (i.e. they already have a giant footprint of residential customers) - they can't match the value that professional integration companies bring to the table when it comes to real security solutions.

Thanks for the tip Columbo....

Did you detect what was printed at the very bottom of the article referenced in the OP?

"Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated that one of the North Buckhead Civic Association’s cameras would be on Old Ivy Road. The camera would instead be on Ivy Road. It is also incorrectly stated that the Pine Hills Civic Association’s program would cost $700,000 for three years. It would instead cost $70,000."

They corrected their own story - so my OP no longer applies, as this cost is much more reasonable than what they first reported.

As you were...