CCTV or Closed-Circuit Television is a very useful tool for fighting crime and the threat of terror in the UK. It is mostly now used to get eyes on events that occur in a remote location away from the ARC (Alarm Receiving Centre).
I have seen some very impressive demos of the recent advances in CCTV tech; for example, the ability to tell a person’s height in a crowded street, or follow the same person through city streets from cam to cam automatically; putting in activation zones that automatically trigger alarms/emails/SMS when an event occurs, the ability to warn off people about to indulge in anti-social behaviour: “You in the grey hoody, the police have been alerted and this footage is being recorded.”
But all these excellent innovations need a resilient backhaul, i.e. a dual path back to the ARC so the creative use of pliers on a BT ADSL phone line does not stop the live feed.
Onwave provides dual backhaul on any mixture of ADSL, FTTC, Fibre, 3G/4G and satellite and from several different providers.
This means if an event occurs the ARC won’t get that sinking feeling of lost connectivity.
