Development Application part 2 Report and Plans MCU13/0053

     3.0                SITE SELECTION
     Planning for a new fixed wireless broadband facility is a complex process. NBN                         Co
     conducts a rigorous multi-stage scoping process, as outlined below.


     3.1        Identification of areas requiring Fixed Wireless .coverage

     The NBN Co Fixed Wireless locations will be determined by a number of factors including
     the availability of both the NBN Co Fibre transit network and the availabi,lity of Point of
     Interconnect (POI)facilities to allow for the installation of NBN Co equipment. NBN Co
     uses a     number of methods to identify those parts of Australia.that require Fixed Wireless
     cqverage. When an are          is identified as requiring Fixed Wireless coverage,.investigations
     are undertaken to determine the measures required to provide this coverage.
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     NBN Co has identified a requfrement to provide a fixed wireless facility in Boreen ’Point.
     The facility will provide Fixed Wireless coverage to dwellings in the Boreen Point area, in
     addition to serving as a key communications link for other N6N Fixed Wireless facilities in
     the wider Sunshine Coast region.


     3.2        Site Selection Param’eters

     NBN Co identifies an area where the requirement for a Fixed Wireless broadband. facility
     would      be   highest" a ’search area.’      .
                                                        A   preliminary investigation of the area    is then
     undertaken, in conjunction with            planning      and   prop’erty consultants;’ tadiofrequency
     engineers and designers in order to identify possible locations to establish.a facility.

     Generally, new sites must be located within, or immediately adjacent to, the identified
     search  area in order to be technically feasible. However, ’while the operational and

     geographical aspects of depl9ying new facilities are primary factors, there are also.’many
     other issues that influence network design, which have to be resolved in parallel.

     Some of the issues that are cOllsidered inch.lde:
           .    visual amenity

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           . the availability qnd suitability of land as well as a willing site provider
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           .    occCJpational health ~nd safety
           .    construction issues (including structural .and loading fe’asibility and           access    for
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                maintenance purposes)
           .    topographical constraints affecting network line of site
           .    legislative policy constraints
           .    environmental impacts
           .    cost implications.


     The number, type and height of ’facilities required to comp.lete the Fixed Wireless network
     are   largely determined by the operational, geographical and other factors discussed
     above, which influence final network design. These compounding factors often severely
     restrict the available search area within which a facility can be established to provide
     relia,ble Fixed Wireless broadband to a local community.




     NBN-4NBZ-4POM-5135      -   Boreen Point                                                      Page 9