Video surveillance of town centres is becoming an increasingly important ingredient in modern public safety systems. These are typically deployed as part of a partnership between the local government authorities and the local police. There is often, however, a major barrier to the implementation of these networks: the costs of deploying a wired network linking the cameras with the police is prohibitive. Wireless links can however easily support the traffic levels required by even the highest specification cameras. Cirrus has implemented such a solution for the Gosford City Council.

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St Paul's College at the University of Sydney is Australia's oldest residential College, having been founded in 1854. Previously obtaining its Internet service from the University, Cirrus now manages and maintains the College network and offers substantially reduced rates for Internet services to the residents. Cirrus also has installed secure WiFi access as well as hotel-style hotspot functionality, catering to the short term guests residing in the College during University vacations. Cirrus operates a sophisticated billing system allowing traffic to sites such as the University to be free of charge and full usage information to be maintained for each user.

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