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Galaxy IT & Marketing is an authorized Lorex dealer serving Ashland, MA. Every system we install records to a recorder in your building — no monthly subscription, and it keeps recording with the internet down.
Ashland is a commuter town, and that shapes the risk. A large share of these houses are empty from about seven in the morning until seven at night — which is when residential break-ins actually happen, not at three in the morning.
The mental image of a burglary is a dark house at 2am. The reality is mid-morning to mid-afternoon on a weekday, when the street is quiet and the odds of encountering anyone are lowest. In a town where much of the population leaves for a train or a highway before eight, that window is long and predictable.
Coverage built for that window looks different from coverage built for night. Daylight performance and field of view matter more than infrared range, and notification actually matters — a camera that records perfectly but does not tell you anything until you get home has lost most of its value when nobody is there to respond.
The same absence means packages sit on the step for hours rather than minutes. That is a materially higher exposure than a household where someone brings them in, and it argues for a tight camera on the drop point at face height plus a wider one covering the approach — the pair gives you identification and the vehicle, which is what a report needs.
A locking parcel box removes the problem entirely for anything that fits, and we will say so rather than sell you a third camera.
Around the station and the renovated downtown the mix shifts to small commercial: storefronts, service businesses, restaurants. Standard set applies — entrance, register, rear door — with the note that station-adjacent parking areas are a genuine after-dark exposure and need cameras chosen for low light rather than daytime spec.
Mostly on weekday daytimes, not the middle of the night — mid-morning through mid-afternoon, when streets are quiet and the chance of meeting anyone is lowest. In a commuter town that window is long and predictable, which is why we build coverage for daylight and notification rather than optimising purely for night vision.
Two cameras help: a tight one on the drop point at face height, and a wider one on the approach so you get the vehicle too. But honestly, a locking parcel box solves it outright for anything that fits, and that is cheaper than a third camera. We would rather tell you that than sell you hardware.
Yes — push notification to your phone on person or vehicle detection, which you can limit to specific zones so you are not pinged by every passing car. Getting the zones right is most of what makes alerts useful rather than something you mute in week two.
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