Development Application part 2 Planning Report MCU13/0051

    High-speed National Broadband
    Network fixed wireless for
    Sunshine Coast local gpvernment area
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    NBN Co is planning to acquire and build fixed ~r:eless facilities across                                                              mon~s N.~~lf will be conducting community
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                                                                                                                       ’consultation in the su s~i~f9~~~tlocal govemment area regarding
    the Sunshine Coast local
                                             gox~thme~ afe~t ;deliver high-speed
    broadband services toh
                                                 e~’and businessll’s in Belli Park" Bli Bli,                                the broader fixed wireless      ne~Wkrkro   t and about individual

    Bridges, Boreen Point;                                 labin,:Oooran, Cooroy, Cootharaba,                               fixed wireless facilities.            "




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    Mapleton, Pinbar;,;,n,POT?na,Tinbeerwah,VemerdaJe and Woombye.
    Other areas in the’S nshine Coast local govern’ment area will receive
                                                                                                                            Community Information Sessions 13"’, 14"’, 19’"
    either fibr ’’or satellite sl:tvicesdepending on where they are located.                                                and 20’" March 2013

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                                                 ,:’                                                                        If you would like to find out more about the NBN fixed wireless
    The Federal GQv mment has set a target for NBN Co to connect
                                                                                                                            network in the Sunshine Coast local govemment area, please drop
    93 per   cenH~ith;a:’;’inimum obligation of 90 per cent)of Australian
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                                                                                                                            into an Information Session near you at any time between 3pm and
    homes and bU~            esses,to fibre-to-the-premises technology. To
                                                                                                                            7pm to see the information display and talk to NBN representatives.
    reach all hom_es         alid businesses in our vast country,fixed wireless
                                                                                                                            NBN Co is providing four Community Information Sessions at:
    and   satellite~erv.iC9l?~iII ~used fortile remaining parts’of Australia
    including certai\1.areas in the Sunshine Coast. Fixed wireless and                                                      Cooran   -
                                                                                                                                         Wednesday 13’h March 2013 at the Cooran Memorial
    satellite   s~rvice,~’represent a significant improvement to services                                                   School of Arts Hall, King Street, Cooran

    currently all~il ble):o many Au.straliansliving in rural, regional and                                                  Kenilworth         Thursday 14th March 2013 at the Kenilworth Hall,
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    remote                                                                                                                  Elizabeth Street, Kenilworth

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                                                                                                                            Eumundi    -
                                                                                                                                          Tuesday 19’h March 2013 at the Eumundi CWA Hall,
    What is fix c;l w reless technology?                                                                                    80 Memorial Drive, Eumundi

    NBN’sfixed’~ ~les~ network, which uses advanced technology                                                              Woombye      -
                                                                                                                                             Wednesday 20’h March 2013 at the Mini Auditorium,
                                                                                                                            Suncoast Church, Cnr Kiel Mountain & Schubert Roads, Woombye.
    commonly re(~rr~d,to as l:rE, r4G, is’engineered to deliver services
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    to a fixed                                                         a coverage area. This means
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    that thebandwidthiJper I}ousehold is design~d to be more consistent,
    even in peak times of.us_   .,:"         .




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    The network will     ceiiJl
                             use  t lWol~y to transmit radio.signals to                        "


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    and frol11 a small antenna fix_ed on the,outside of a home.or business,

    which is pointed directly towartts the  fiX~~’~ir~l~s$ facility.
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    N BN’s fixed wireless facilities o)S’er~eet
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    frequency electromagnetic energy (EME).                                     The~;t~t~ltm F!~C(i:rtion
    Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency (ARPANS’)la’S,’                                       ’tifirmed’   .




    there are no established health effects from these                                   ver t~w-p ’wrIt
    radio signals. More information is available from the ARPANS’
    website www.arpansa.gov.au.


    Consultation and town planning requirements

    NBN Co works in consultation with local councils to determine an

    efflcl\::nt and effective way to rollout the fixed wireless network.

    A key consideration in these decisions is the design of the

    network, which takes a number of factors into account including
    population density, geography, radio frequency and other
    network specific considerations.


    Wherever possible NBN Co looks actively to use existing
    Infrastructure when planning the fixed wireless network before

    proposing new structures.




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