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Voice Data Communications for Cities & Towns
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City and Eletctric Light Plant |
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This City maintains its own extensive network of fiber optic cable for voice and data communications between City electric plant offices, generator plants, and customers. CAA was selected to work with the city on upgrading and enhancing their telecommunications, utilizing the city's cable and fiber infrastructure. Our objective was to design a distributed VoIP platform. CAA designed the system, developed an RFP for the complete installation and in conjunction with the purchasing department managed the bid process. |
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Western Suburb
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This City is unique in that it sits under twenty-seven billion gallons of water in a reservoir that held in check by an earthen dam. CAA was selected to review its existing emergency communications systems and develop a contingency plan to insure continued emergency communications operation in the event of a catastrophe. CAA developed redundancy options utilizing an extisting fiber optic network that would enable continuation of emergency communications, including RF radio communications in the event of a disaster.
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Southern Town |
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This town has built its own private Fiber Optic Network which currently supports all data communications for the Town. The Town retained CAA, to design and evaluate alternatives that would enable voice communications over the existing fiber network. Network. CAA obtained cost from various telecommunications vendor proposals for the Town. We then technically evaluated and ranked the option. Among the solutions evaluated were a Town wide distributed PBX VoIP hybrids, stand alone VoIP platforms and completely managed VoIP alternatives. |
Maine City |
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CAA was selected by the City to help coordinate the move of the present public safety center and all associated equipment to a new site. CAA's assignment included coordinating with the State of Maine E911. CAA was instrumental in determining the most cost effective and secure option to move the E911 system. CAA worked with the architect and electrical engineers to design the infrastructure that included conduit and dispatch center layouts. Included in CAA's responsibility is the design of the data LAN, voice network, telephone system, paging and move of all telephone lines and alarm circuits. CAA also worked with the City to design and select new radio equipment and recommended options to dispatch center console equipment and call recording. |
Town North of Boston |
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CAA, after an extensive search by the Town was selected to coordinate the move of the Town's Public Safety Center to a new building. CAA was involved in all aspects of the communications design including radio system design, conduit layout, telephone system design, LAN design, CTV, CCTV, paging and access security design. CAA also coordinated the move of the Town E911 and also worked with the Town on implementing a new reverse 911 system. |
Western Town and Electric light plant |
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This Town has is own fully redundant fiber optic SONET in place. In order to take advantage of "excess" bandwidth capacity the town wanted to consider VoIP to reduce its rather expensive telecommunications costs. CAA was retained to determine the feasibility and prepare a financial analysis of the various options. At this point we are preparing a formal RFP for prospective vendors. |
