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Wagoner County approves fiber connections at Yonkers and Coweta sites to add redundancy for 911
Summary
County commissioners approved service agreements to install fiber at two county communications sites, aiming to create redundant links for 911 dispatch after reported microwave instability.
Wagoner County commissioners approved agreements July 7 to add fiber-optic connections and redundancy at the Yonkers and Coweta communications sites used by the county 911 system.
Mark Ketching, Wagoner County 911, told commissioners the county’s microwave backhaul is failing and the network was experiencing intermittent outages. "My goal is to put the fiber at this location, and we're putting redundancy as well," Ketching said, explaining the county will pair fiber with cellular failover equipment to provide an automatic failover plan for the sites.
The Yonkers site agreement with Lake Region Technology and Communications carries a monthly cost noted in the record as $184.94; the meeting record shows no installation fees for that connection. The Coweta site will use a Cox business-class connection; the initial month included a one-time installation fee in the packet and an ongoing monthly business-class charge estimated in the $400 range.
Why it matters: both sites support the county’s dispatch and public-safety communications. Commissioners said redundancy is a priority because intermittent connectivity has already led to operational blips; the fiber plus cradle-point cellular failover is intended to ensure continuous service for dispatch routing.
The board voted to approve both service agreements on roll call. Commissioners asked staff to confirm monthly costs and installation terms with the providers and to monitor whether additional sites require similar redundancy.
