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. <EOS>