A long term evolution - LTE - wireless communication system comprising: a private LTE base station, said private LTE base station is a part of a public safety communication network or a government metropolitan area network; a commercial carrier LTE base station; and a mobile wireless communications device comprising an LTE transceiver, a memory, and a controller coupled to said LTE transceiver and said memory and configured to store an assigned access class - AC - value in said memory based upon a priority of use characteristic value, store a random AC value in said memory, store a preferred Public Land Mobile Network identification number in said memory, determine whether access is available to said private LTE base station or said commercial carrier LTE base station, when said private LTE base station is available for access, then connect thereto based upon the assigned AC value and a private LTE barring value received from said private LTE base station, when said commercial carrier LTE base station is available for access, then connect thereto based upon the random AC value and a commercial carrier barring value received from said commercial carrier LTE base station, and when both said private LTE base station and said commercial carrier LTE base station are available for access, then connect to a base station based upon the preferred Public Land Mobile Network identification number. a private LTE base station, said private LTE base station is a part of a public safety communication network or a government metropolitan area network; a commercial carrier LTE base station; and a mobile wireless communications device comprising an LTE transceiver, a memory, and a controller coupled to said LTE transceiver and said memory and configured to store an assigned access class - AC - value in said memory based upon a priority of use characteristic value, store a random AC value in said memory, store a preferred Public Land Mobile Network identification number in said memory, determine whether access is available to said private LTE base station or said commercial carrier LTE base station, when said private LTE base station is available for access, then connect thereto based upon the assigned AC value and a private LTE barring value received from said private LTE base station, when said commercial carrier LTE base station is available for access, then connect thereto based upon the random AC value and a commercial carrier barring value received from said commercial carrier LTE base station, and when both said private LTE base station and said commercial carrier LTE base station are available for access, then connect to a base station based upon the preferred Public Land Mobile Network identification number. to store an assigned access class - AC - value in said memory based upon a priority of use characteristic value, store a random AC value in said memory, store a preferred Public Land Mobile Network identification number in said memory, determine whether access is available to said private LTE base station or said commercial carrier LTE base station, when said private LTE base station is available for access, then connect thereto based upon the assigned AC value and a private LTE barring value received from said private LTE base station, when said commercial carrier LTE base station is available for access, then connect thereto based upon the random AC value and a commercial carrier barring value received from said commercial carrier LTE base station, and when both said private LTE base station and said commercial carrier LTE base station are available for access, then connect to a base station based upon the preferred Public Land Mobile Network identification number.