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Custer County commissioners approve T‑Mobile service to expand coverage and cut county phone bills
Summary
After a T‑Mobile briefing on satellite texting and ‘key priority’ access for first responders, commissioners authorized signing a contract to move county and sheriff devices to T‑Mobile, citing improved dead‑zone coverage and an estimated annual savings of about $5,450 for county and sheriff lines.
CUSTER COUNTY, Colo. — Custer County commissioners voted Feb. 18 to authorize a contract with T‑Mobile to replace existing county and sheriff cellular service after a presentation showing expanded coverage, satellite texting capability and modest cost savings.
The sheriff’s office and county information technology staff told the board that parts of the county experience persistent cellular dead zones, hampering emergency calls and routine employee communications. John Mays, the county’s IT/GIS staff member, said he tested devices from AT&T/FirstNet, Verizon and T‑Mobile and found T‑Mobile provided broader coverage in several remote stretches, with the AT&T device slightly outperforming T‑Mobile in a few locations but…
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