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*** ******* **** **** ******** **** Avigilon *** ******* ** ******** ** offer **** *********** ** ********* ** terms ** ******** *** *********.
Replacing **** *******
** ***** ***** *********** *** ******** usage ******, *** ******* *** **** a ******** ****** ** *********** ****** for ***** *********. *** ******** ******** is * *** *** ******* ***** to ******** ******** ************** ** ***** poles ** ****** *** ******** ********. Georgia ***** **** ******* **** ********* had **** ****** *** ******* ** provide ********/************ ********* ** **** ** their *********.
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Light ****-******** ******
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*** ******* **** **** **** *** install *** ***** ** **** ** the ************ ******** ** ** ******** poles *** *******.
Light ****-***** ************ ***** ***********
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***** ***** *** ************ *******, ******* Power ******:
******* ***** **** * *********** ** our ******** ******** ***** ** **** as ******** ******** *********** ** ******* not **** *** ****** ******, *** also ************ *** ***** ** *** lighting *****.
*** ******** ** *** ************ ** handled ** ******** ***********, **** ******* Power ********* ******** ***** ** *** install **** ******* ***** *********** ** the **** ** ************ ** *** poles.
*** ******* **** ** *** ** immediate ***** ** **** ** ***% of *** ************ ****, *** ** relying ** *** ********* *** ********** of *** ******** *********** ** **** them ******* ********* **** ** ******* system.
Georgia ***** **** ******* *****-***** *******
** *** **** ** *** ***** cameras [**** ** ****** *********] ***** offered, ******* ***** ********* *** ** the ************, ** *** ****** **** require ******** ** *** **** *** then ********** ** * ***** ******, which ***** ** ******* ** *** Georgia ***** ******** ******.
Genetec ********** + ****
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Avigilon ES ******* + ***
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Industry ******
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Comments (43)
Undisclosed Integrator #1
I fail to see the value offered here. Why would a homeowner or commercial business subscribe to a video surveillance service that cannot be tailored to specific needs but rather is limited to where lighting poles are located? seems absurd on its face. Perhaps their true agenda is to eventually sell the service to municipalities to monitor streets and public spaces.
As for integrators, there will be little money to be made. Utilities are notorious for creating cookie-cutter pre-determined ( by them) "price lists" for services rendered in large roll-outs and for maintenance. The utility generally purchases all the equipment and software and the "integrator" would become a contractor who simply is a hired hand, who can take it or leave it.
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Undisclosed #2
100% agree with this.
Further, I believe that if Georgia Power could buy surveillance products from the manufacturers they've chosen to use for this program, they would bypass using security integrators right out of the gate.
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Undisclosed #3
I wonder what their liability will be regarding exposure to hacking feeds?
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Michael Miller
Is Georgia Power just a power company or are they also an ISP? How are they providing connectivity to the cameras?
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Undisclosed Integrator #5
Any thoughts on how they will handle 3rd party integrators working on GA Power Poles? I know my company has had to deal with them in the past and it was not a pleasant experience. Kind of worried about them trying to block us from using their poles in the future now.
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Undisclosed End User #6
I love the fact this makes professional grade non-proprietary product more accessible to homes and businesses. As they were assessing the market, I wonder who they identified as key competitors; I have to assume offerings such as proprietary cable company surveillance products, and consumer grade cloud services had to come up, or if they truly consider this to be a niche space. I find it hard to believe alot of their customers were banging on the power company door to supply this product, it just doesn't feel like an intuitive place for a consumer to look for security solutions.
While the light pole mounting option is a weirdly restrictive install location, it does present physical security benefits associate with illumination, and will likely be a factor in camera performance as well (possibly mitigating some storage/bandwidth issues, and increasing probability of evidence retention).
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Undisclosed #7
I have a couple of thoughts on this, for whatever they are worth (very little).
First, while I may have missed it, I'm very curious to see how they are providing connectivity to Stratocast or pulling video from onboard those H4ES cameras. That is something that wasn't mentioned (unless I did miss it), and will be really interesting to see how they make this thing work.
Second, with Genetec included here, the possibilities are somewhat endless. The ability for municipalities, cooperative law enforcement agencies, et al to deploy a substantial number of cameras without an insane infrastructure to support them, and then potentially federate them together to create one enormous system, is really cool to think about.
Third, to whomever mentioned that they doubted customers were beating down their doors to provide this -- I would agree with you that it's unlikely customers were asking THEM to install cameras, I would bet that some enterprising individual at Georgia Power got tired of saying "no" to all of the requests to mount cameras on their power poles, and realized the potential for what he had on his hands. At the end of the day, I have a feeling that this "partnership" is about what amounts to extortion, but Georgia Power is totally within their rights to do it since they own and maintain those poles.
I will be watching this one with interest. Lots of cool things could come from this one.
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Brian Karas
You did not miss it, I left that out of the report because the answer was along the lines of "whatever works best". Sometimes the connection will be a 4G/LTE setup, sometimes a cable modem, sometimes a PtP or PtMP wifi back to the customer's building to ride the connection they already have.
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Undisclosed Integrator #8
CEO needed to give his son a pet project.
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james cordell
The comment I have is based on my work with the government. It shows that business has a better grasp of the bottom line with using a current service provider to provide a new service. I can understand that this will potentially be a negative for the integrator competition (except for the lucky winner of the installation contract) with who knows what impact in the future. It does allow businesses to address a need in the security realm.
One question though is the cost of the design and how that is built into the monthly fee. Of course with the ability to buy on a large scaled it could potentially effect the security market in the state of Georgia.
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Kelly
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Undisclosed #2
Macon approves $100K/yr surveillance contract with GA Power
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