Does it completely replace the current Motorola Fulton County 800Mhz system, or will it just be utilized by north county agencies (i.e. Alpharetta, Roswell, Johns Creek, Sandy Springs, Milton)?
Every North county city
except Johns Creek will be primary users of the system.
When it does go live, the current Motorola Fulton County system will then be transitioned to a P25 system, correct?
The current Fulton county Smartnet system is being replaced with an Astro 25 7.14 core system, and getting many more additional sites. All
FULTON COUNTY agencies will migrate to the new county network AND the
city of Johns Creek, and
Rural Metro EMS. County agencies meaning FCPD, FCSO, FC Marshals, FC schools police, all south county agencies including the cities of Palmetto, Fairburn, Union City and Chattahoochee Hills.
The new county system will be appearing very soon. It will be a staged migration with one channel a time being removed from the analog Smartnet and added to the new Astro 25 zone core until all users have been weened off the old system.
Keep in mind, both NEW systems are independent of each other, are run by totally separate governments, with nothing more in common than the same vendor.
FWIW, there may be ISSI roaming between the two systems for the north county cities on the new county network as their system does not have coverage downtown for court, jail transports, etc.
Just trying to understand if the intent of this system is to totally replace the 800Mhz system, or just for the north county agencies.
The north county cities want nothing to do with Fulton county. They want their own system and despite the cost savings of being a stakeholder in the new county network, have chosen to have their own separately managed and controlled system that their taxpayers are paying for.
