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INDEPENDENT AUDITOR'S CONSENT
We consent to the use in this Registration Statement of Vicom, Incorporated
(Company) on Form S-1 of our reports as follows:
Vicom, Incorporated and Subsidiaries, dated February 23, 2000, except for
Note 15, as to which the date is April 3, 2000.
Ekman, Inc., d/b/a Corporate Technologies, dated February 16, 2000.
All the above reports appear in the Prospectus, which is part of this
Registration Statement. We also consent to the reference to us under the heading
"Experts" in such Prospectus.
Our audits of the financial statements referred to in our aforementioned reports
also included the financial statement schedule of Vicom, Incorporated listed in
Schedule II. This financial statement schedule is the responsibility of the
Company's management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion based on our
audits. In our opinion, such financial statement schedule, when considered in
relation to the basic financial statements taken as a whole, presents fairly, in
all material respects, the information set forth therein.
LURIE, BESIKOF, LAPIDUS & CO., LLP
Minneapolis, Minnesota
August 29, 2000
