Development Application part 2 Planning Report MCU13/0051

March 7,203                                                                                                                                                                                             Nambow’WEEKLY 21




    High-speed National Broadband
    Network fixed wireless for
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    The Sunshine Coast local government area is soon to receive the’National Broadband Network’s
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    N BN Co is planning t<;>                                                                 across               Over the coming months t-II?N,                         o   w,ill be conducting community
                                                                                                                  consultation in the Sunshine:Coas~ local government area regarding
    the Sunshine Coast local
                                      g.o’{ernment araa to deliver high-speed
                                                                                                                                          wir~less network rO"6ut and about individual
    broadband
                   ~ervi~e$’to hOlT)e~ ~d businesses in Belli Par~, Bli Bli,                                      the broader fixed
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    Bridges, Boreen Point, Cool olabin, Cooran, Cooroy, Cootharaba,                                               fixed wireless facilities.                                              l>:J


    Dulong, Ghe ’~una,Hunchy, Kenilworth, Kidarnan Creek, Kin Kin,                                                                                                                                                              ..




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    Mapleton, Pihbarren, Romona,Tinbeerwah, Verrierdale and Woombye.
                                                                                                                  Community Information Sessions 13th, 14th, 19th
    Other areas in tIi’e S nshine Coast local government area will receive
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    eitherJib~e Qr satellite services depending               on where        they are located.
       F                                                                                                          If you would like to find out more about the NBN fixed wireless

    Th~edef~l Government has                  set a target for NBN Co to connect                                  network in the Sunshine Coast local government area, please drop
    93 p~tcent (with’a minimum obligation of 90 per cent)of Australian                                            into an Information Session near you at any time between 3pm and
    hom~s’and bu~inesses to fibre-to-the-premises technology.To                                                   7pm to see the information display and talk to NBN representatives.
    reach all homes and businesses in our vast country, fixed wireless                                            NBN Co is providing four Community Information Sessions at
    and satellite seJVices will be used for the remaining parts of Australia
                                                                                                                  Cooran   -
                                                                                                                             Wednesday 13th March 2013 at the Cooran Memorial
    including ertain areas in the Sunshine Coast. Fixed wireless and
                                                                                                                  School of Arts Hall, King Street, Cooran
    sat~ l(te ~erv ces represent a significant improvement to services
                                                                                                                  Kenilworth       -
                                                                                                                                       Thursday 14" March 2013 at the Kenilworth Hall,
    currently available to many AUstralians living in rural, regional and
                                                                                                                  Elizabeth Street, Kenilworth
    re[!Jbte.communities.
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                                                                                                                               Tuesday 19" March 2013 at the Eumundi CWA Hall,
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    What is fixed wireless technology?
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                                                                                                                                   Wednesday 20" March 2013 at the Mini Auditorium,
    NBN’s fixed wireless networ.k, which uses’advanced technology                                                 Suncoast Church, Cnr Kiel Mountain & Schubert Roads,Woombye.

    commonly referred to as LTE or 4G,is engineered to deliver services
    to a fixed    number of prem ises within a coverage area. This means                                          More information

    that the bandwidth per household is designed to be more consistent,

    even in     peak times’O’t use.

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    The network            use cellulaf technology          to,tr,!nsmi~ r dlo signals to
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    and from a small                          d on the    .outside of         home or bu~iness,
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    which is pointed       direc~y tQw,ards the fixed Wireless facility.
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    NBN’s fixed wireless facilities op-era e at very low levels 6fra io

    frequency electromagnetic energy (EI\fE):’FheAustralian’Fiadiatiol1                                    .




    Protection and Nuclear Safety              Age.i"cy (ARPANSA)has qonfil:ed
    there are no established health effects from                  th;se vJry I~w- owered
    radio signals. More information is available from the ARPANSA J"                                       d’’’
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    website www.arpansa.gov.au.
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    ConsultatIon and town planning requirements

    NBN Co works in consultation with local councils to determine an

    efficient 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 accollnt including
    population density, geography, radio freqllency and other
    network specific considerations.


    Wherever possible NBN Co looks actively to use existing

    infrastructure when planning the fixed wireless network before

    proposing new strllctures.