Since 2001, a company name Virtual Doorman made it debut. It offers the same features as a doorman but with benefits. A Virtual Doorman is a person who is in a building not too far away monitors the apartment. They have cameras in the front door and in the elevator as well as the hallways.
The Virtual Doorman offers many benefits such as access to the building when you lost your key, the Virtual Doorman sees if you belong to the apartment. It also can help notify you off deliveries by text message, email or phone. The Virtual Doorman also helps decrease vandalism and theft by capturing it on video and sending it to the police.
One problem with the Virtual Doorman is privacy. People might not like it when they have eyes watching them from all over. For example: It overhears some credit card information in the elevator and the people don't feel like it's necessary.
The Virtual Doorman is home to apartments in the city area. The Virtual Doorman also have received Starbuck gift cards and boxed chocolates from their tenants. When it comes down to it, a virtual doorman provides more protection then a real doorman as it can lock down the apartment if intruders are spotted.
