麦迪逊县提供了覆盖540平方英里的防火保护。他们还管理EMS和其他组织的第一响应者呼叫。在去年，他们持续了大约1200个电话，过去六年每年收到更多电话。麦迪逊县拥有17站，拥有180人和64个设备。
将客户故事下载为PDFMadison County had a single-site conventional analog repeater and a single 300-foot tower to cover the entire county. Matthew Gay, the Maintenance Manager for Madison County, describes the situation. "With a single site and no redundancy, any kind of problem that we had could bring down our network. We had several lightning hits in a row on that site and ran into trouble with water as well. It was stressful to me knowing that if somebody called me and said the network isn't working, we wouldn't know what to do; there was no redundancy."
Coverage was also a problem. "We had to look for places that we could talk on a portable." In order to increase safety and performance, and reduce stress, Madison County needed to upgrade their communication system. They wanted a system that would allow them to continue talking, even if they lost a tower. Future-proofing and making the best use of taxpayer money was also a prime consideration: they wanted something they could expand in the future.
Madison County partnered with Mike Badgett and B&E Electronics. Together, they decided on aTait Analog Simulcast over IP (AS-IP) system。该网络包括四个站点，提供更大的冗余和可靠性，为未来的清晰升级路径，更好地覆盖。
Now, if one of their sites goes down, the system automatically recognizes the problem and coverage is picked up by another site. The system also includes an open-standard network monitoring app from OpenNMS.
马修的同性恋explains the app. "It's a huge upgrade from where we were. I don't have to wait until I get a call from another part of the county that our team doesn't have coverage. The app gives me an instant alert."
The overall system has a clear upgrade path for the future. Although they're starting with an AS-IP system, they could upgrade to P25 Simulcast or P25 Phase 2 trunking without any additional investment in the infrastructure.
Thanks to the Analog Simulcast overlay, if they decide to upgrade to P25, they'll still be able to use their pagers without losing any coverage. Chief Eric Turner says, "We can save a lot of money with this upgrade path. We're pleased with the coverage we have with our pagers, and it's nice to know we won't be sacrificing that if we migrate to P25."
麦迪逊县不仅具有完全升级的系统，还具有更高可靠性，但覆盖范围也表现出戏剧性的改善。马修同性恋解释道。“在你必须寻找可以在便携式上谈论的地方。现在我试图寻找我不能的地方，我还没有找到任何东西。
"I've intentionally sent people to places where I knew the (old) system could not work. These areas had terrible coverage even with mobiles on our old system, so there's no way we would have had portable coverage. But since I wanted to see, I'd send people there and they'd talk on their portables and it's crystal clear. That's pretty amazing."
麦迪逊对自己的制度没有遗憾，如果他们不得不再次这样做，他们就会买到完全相同的事情，马修乔说。“我们不会改变任何东西。我们相信我们得到了我们可以得到的绝对最佳系统，它廉价。我不是指我们所拥有的钱的最佳系统;我的意思是我们可以获得最好的得到。它价格便宜。“
首席运营官总结。“我们对我们的报道感到高兴。我们对我们获得的服务很满意，系统的安装完美无瑕。总体而言，我们非常高兴。”
