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	What is Notify™? Features  Top 3 Reasons Notify™ is the BEST SOLUTION TO SOLVE THE DOUBLE POLE PROBLEM

Solving the Double Pole Dilemma through Free Online Communication
Often, utilities need to transfer equipment from an old utility pole to another, newer pole. Lack of communication between companies who share space on these poles (joint use) has caused a backlog of pole transfers in many states, causing a “double-pole” problem.

Notify™, Alden’s free online communication website, allows joint use pole owners, attachers, third party contractors and engineers to establish a system for better coordination between all parties. Improved coordination means that older, often dangerous poles can be removed and equipment can be transferred much more quickly from the old pole to the new one. In many cases, transfer backlogs date back years. This is not due to lack of effort necessarily, but much more to ineffective methods of communication. Notify™ automates the pole transfer process, with each party built into the “workflow” or series of steps for each job as defined by a particular company.

In general, utility poles are owned by either the local electric utility or telephone company. The responsibility to contact attachers, such as CATV, CLECS and others, to transfer individual assets often falls to one of the two. Municipalities, cities, counties and DOTs often co-own poles and need to coordinate work with the utilities regarding streetlights, traffic signs and other assets. Complete lack of real communication delays these transfers, which in turn delays old pole removal. Hazardous situations could often be avoided if problems dealt with proactively. Notify™ offers this communication…free.

People usually want to do the right thing in order to maintain public safety, therefore, Notify™ makes it easy to sign up and start managing pole transfers immediately. A complete historical record is kept that shows the workflow of each asset from transfer through pole removal. This record documents where each of your poles are in the process and whose responsibility is it to act. Exchanging this information with your partners in a timely manner leads to better coordination for everyone involved -- owners, attachers and the general public.

What is Notify™?
• A web-based system that facilitates paperless communication between pole owners and attachers, streamlining the joint use request process.

• Notify™ utilizes email to route projects and work orders through workflows customized for each participating company and even allows attaching companies to self-serve free.

• Utilizing automatic reminders, Notify™ keeps transfers, attachment requests and make-ready work on-track. For pole owners, improved coordination and auto-assigning of conversations based on type, location and status is available in Notify Pro™ .

• Manage fees, permit costs, inspections and pole replacement costs all within each workflow conversation - online.

• Notify™ offers standard reports for easy viewing of on-going project status. Users can request custom reports or generate specific queries in Notify Pro™.

• Archival documentation of ALL owner/attacher communications, including negotiations and agreements is stored in Notify™ based on location.

• Notify™ is offered in two versions, a FREE version for basic users and a low cost PRO version for those who want a little more customization.

FEATURES - What does Notify™ offer?

• An online system where joint use partners communicate as part of a network
• A combination of email notifications and project management with business logic built in
• Free version for pole owners, attachers, third party contractors, engineers, linemen/women and other contacts who need basic features
  
• Pro version for pole owners or those who want customized workflows for specific jobs

Upload Visual Map of Utility Poles
Notify™ uses Microsoft's Mapping to plot and display all your poles on a visual map.

• No more lost mapping functionality.
  Upload pole data as GPS coordinates to automatically plot your poles.
• Attach maps, pictures or documents to poles.
  Any time during the life of the work request
• Only designated contacts have access to a graphic display of joint use pole data
  

Easy-to-Use Online Joint Use Communication Network
Notify™ makes it easy to sign up and start managing poles.

• App features are constantly refined to meet our users' needs.
• Full-time development team ensures new ideas are implemented quickly.
• We love getting your Feedback.
  Vote on the key features you want to see implemented.
  
  

On-Site Development Team
Our staff includes developers, designers and Quality Assurance testers
who work in joint use and fully the current landscape.

• No contract development
• Full-time development team on staff
  We are 100% on-shore. Find out more
• We are knowledgeable about current joint use issues
  Our team has been working in joint use for years - from
  inventories to inspections to ownership reconciliation.
  We write our own software and field-test it when we perform
  joint use work, so we know it works in the real world.

Enhanced Data Coverage
The ability of Notify™ to gather data from multiple sources and
turn it into a useable tool is unsurpassed. See for Yourself

• The power of Notify™ lies in sharing data.
  One place for all your joint use communication greatly simplifies the process.
• Refer your joint use network from Power, Telco and CATV
  and start up a conversation today.
  
• The security of your data is very important to us.
  Questions about Data Security? Click here.

Top 3 Reasons Notify™ is the BEST SOLUTION TO SOLVE THE DOUBLE POLE PROBLEM

All poles associated with work requests visible on one centralized map
Greater data visibility allows your business to be proactive to utility pole problems.

It's Free for Basic Users
Any pole owner or attacher can sign up and start managing poles - Free.

Drastically improve efficiency using consistent format for Joint Use Communication
Get your all your joint use partners up and running with Notify™ -Power, Telco CATV, county, city, municipality, contractors, engineers and more!

Notify™ offers free Cross-Industry Joint Use Communication Tool to solve your double pole problems.
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