Development Application part 2 Report and Plans MCU13/0053

  High~speed National Broadband
  Network fixed wireless for
  Sunshine Coast lec.al government area
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   the Sunshine Coast local gover’hmknt ar~a.t9:deriv(ir high-speed                                                         consl,lltation in the Suri~ti_ri ~ $~I~a1 govemment area regarding
   broadband services fp lO(11 S and bUSi"e;;$sjn Belli Park, Bli BIi,                                                      the broader fixed wirejess
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   Bridges, Boreen            pOintl~ol~~bj ,:Coo~n,~oroy,Cootharaba,                                                       fixed wireless tacilit s,                  ’"
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   Dulong, Gheeruli~ l:1tt1 Y;t<ehilworth, Kidaman Creek, Kit:’ Kin,                                                                                                    ,’’’’-~.~,;J:t’~
   Mapleton,
             Pinbarr~!’ ~9mona,Tinbeerwah,Venierdale and Woombye.
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                                                                                                                            Community Information Sessions 13"’, 14"’, 19’"
   Other areas in th S~nsj,ine Coast local government area will receive

   either fibre or.sat llite services depending 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 FederarO, vemment h~ set a target for NBN Co to connect
                                                                                                                            network in the Sunshine Coast local govemment area, please drop
   93 per cent       (*ith’a’niinfr~m obligation of 90 per cent) of Australian
                                                                                                                            into an Information Session near you at any time between 3pm and
   homes and
                b~;,lm~5sesto fibre-to-the-premi:ses.teohnology.To                                                          7pm to see the information display and talk to NBN representatives.
   reach all
             hOJJl. s and businel?ses in vast country, fixed wireless
                                                          our
                                                                                                                            NBN Co is providing four Community Information Sessions at
   and satellite services will be used for the remaining parts of Australia

   including cer’t:         n areas in     the Sunshine Coast. Fixed wireless and                                           Cooran   -
                                                                                                                                      Wednesday 13th March 2013 at the Cooran Memorial
   satellite   service~.repr ~~nt a significant improllement to services
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                                                                                                                            School of Arts Hall, King Street, Cooran

   currently av.a_Ual;lle,to many Australians living in rural, regional and                                                 Kenilworth    -
                                                                                                                                             Thursday 14th March 2013 at the Kenilworth Hall,
   remote coJmunlties.
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                                                                                                                                         Tuesday 19"’ March 2013 at the Eumundi CWA Hall,
   What is fixed ’wi’f less technology?                                                                                     80 Memorial Drive, Eumundi
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                                                                                                                                          Wednesday 20th March 2013 at the Mini Auditorium,
   NBN’s fixed  vii’r~,i ss network,which uses advanced technology
                                                                                                                            Suncoast Church, Cnr Kiel Mountain & Schubert Roads, Woombye.
   commonly r~ferr~ to as l!~ or.4G,is’engineered to deliver services
   to a fixed numbe~4?t premisEs.\,vithin a coverage area. This. means                                                      More information
   that the    bandwidth"per"hou~ehold is designed to be more consistent,
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   even in peak times of               ’u~e,
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   The network will
                              usecellularl~~fhnol~y to transmit radi s!gnals to
   and from a small antenna fixe" on the-outside of a home or business,
   which is pointed directly tow rds the                    fjx~cr"’;i;’ I~ss.facility.
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   frequency electromagnetic energy (EME)~-ih~~1I~tr~liah: R i~io.n
   Protection and Nuclear Safety Agency                         (ARPANSA)has confirmed’,                               "



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   there are no established health effects from these very low-p~wered
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   radio signals. More information is available from the ARPAN$A
   website     www.arpansa.gov.au..."iJ..t ..!Ii
   Consultation and town planning requirements

   N8N Co wan,s in consultation with local councils to determine an
   effloi"lnt and effective way to rollout the fixed wireless network.
   If.. .key i;;onsideration in these decisions is the design of the
   network, wh             h takes a number of factors into account including

   population de’t\~ity, geography, radio frequency and other
   network ,< E; (flc considerations,


   Wher",lTl?! pO~$il:!l\’) N~N Co looks actively to use existing
   Infrastruc.Wi’’) Whn planning the fixed wireless network before

   proposilyg I)’JI’V struqtur@,




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