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Euclid committee briefed on switching public‑safety mobile data to AT&T FirstNet; presenters cite network priority and deployable assets
Summary
Presenters from AT&T/FirstNet described differences between standard commercial cellular service and FirstNet, including a separate public‑safety network core, priority/preemption, and deployable assets. The committee discussed potential savings and coverage; no decision was made.
Euclid’s Executive Finance Committee on Jan. 27 heard a technical briefing from AT&T FirstNet representatives on the differences between standard commercial cellular plans and the FirstNet public‑safety broadband network and how that network could support the city’s next‑generation policing equipment.
Brett Cudachieff, with the AT&T Public Sector Mobility Team, explained that FirstNet uses a physically separate network core dedicated to first responders, provides priority and preemption across AT&T spectrum (including band 14), and makes deployable communications assets (satellite/palletized towers, mobile cell‑on‑wheels,…
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