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PAGE TWO <br />Extension of Agreement between Indian River County and AT&T <br />Agenda item for April 8, 2014 <br />The 911 services described in these AT&T contract extensions are for data entry to identify the <br />specific address location of the 911 caller, when an emergency call is made to 911 services <br />providers. This allows emergency services to be dispatched to the correct site, even if the caller <br />cannot speak, or if there are service degrading telephone problems at the site. <br />AT&T is currently proposing Telecommunications services changes through the FCC, along with <br />other telecommunications providers, in an effort to ultimately retire legacy PSTN formats such as <br />PRI, Centrex, and Standard copper -based telephone lines. The effort is geared to replace these <br />types of traditional telephone communications formats with IP based Network services; Data <br />Network services, in short. As these efforts move forward, the cost of PSTN legacy telephone <br />services will continue to escalate, "exponentially", as shown on the attached spreadsheet. <br />Telecommunications Division is currently working with NEC, our main PBX telephone systems <br />provider, as well as with AT&T, and others, on formats that will serve our Telecommunications <br />systems in the future with formats such as SIP Trunk services, and IP Trunks over fiber optic <br />network links. These new formats convert telephone conversations (voice) into data packets, <br />which would then be transmitted and received over IRC Internet circuits to the PSTN. These are <br />the main PSTN communications formats for the more advanced VoIP (Voice over Internet <br />Protocol) Telephone systems that are currently driving the industry. <br />FUNDING <br />The agreements will service the use of the phone lines by all offices under the Board of County <br />Commissioners and the Constitutional Officers including the Election's Office and the sheriff's <br />Office. There are a multitude of individual accounts that will be served through these agreements. <br />Renewal of these agreements will ensure that there will be no change to the existing pricing <br />schedules. <br />RECOMMENDATION <br />Staff recommends that the Board of County Commissioners approve the attached contract <br />extensions to keep the price structure for these AT&T services from increasing. <br />ATTACHMENTS <br />AT&T Spreadsheet Comparison of Contractual Rates versus Non -contractual Rates <br />Contract Extension for 911 Services, Case Number FL13-4756-01 <br />Contract Extension for Centrex Services Sebastian, Case Number 13-4588-02 <br />Contract Extension for Centrex PRI Services Vero Beach, Case Number 13-4528-00 <br />DISTRIBUTION <br />AT&T Business Solutions <br />For: April 8, 2014 <br />By: <br />eph Pl. Baird, County Administrator <br />Administration <br />�r, <br />�� <br />County Attorney <br />_ <br />r <br />Budget <br />err, <br />c M� <br />2c� <br />V-.2 - Pi <br />y-71( <br />Public Works <br />Telecommunications <br />F:\Public Works\Luanne M1Telecommunications\AgendaslExtension of Agreement Between IRC & AT&T 03-20-14.doc <br />85 <br />