NBN Planning Report_Cooran

All NBN Co installations are designed and certified by qualified professionals in accordance
with all relevant Australian Standards. This helps to ensure that the NBN Co facility does not
result in any increase in the level of risk to the public.

This facility is to be operated in compliance with the mandatory standard for human
exposure to EME – currently the Radio communications (Electromagnetic Radiation Human
Exposure) Standard 2003. The EME Report associated with this site is attached in Appendix
5. The report shows that the maximum predicted EME will equate to 0.071% of the
maximum exposure limit. This is substantially less than 1% of the maximum allowable
exposure limit (where 100% of the limit is still considered to be safe).

Moreover, all NBN Co equipment has the following features, all of which help to minimise
the amounts of energy used and emitted:
     •    Dynamic/Adaptive Power Control is a network feature that automatically adjusts the
          power and hence minimises EME from the facility.
     •    Varying the facility’s transmit power to the minimal required level, minimising EME
          from the network, and
     •    Discontinuous transmission, a feature that reduces EME emissions by automatically
          switching the transmitter off when no data is being sent.

8.8.2     Access

The proposed facility will have restrictions aimed at preventing public access, including a
secured compound fence with a locked gate and warning signs placed around the facility.

8.9       The   Public   Interest                                and           the           Benefits                of
          Telecommunications
The proposed NBN Co facility is expected to have significant benefit for residents in the
Cooran area. NBN Co believes that the public interest would be served by approval of the
proposal, given benefits for enhanced internet coverage in the area. The facility is expected
to have benefits for local residents and businesses within the district.

8.9.1     Other Benefits of Reliable Broadband Services

There are numerous other benefits of telecommunications connectivity, as follows: 2
     •    There are many potential educational benefits justifying the implementation of the
          NBN. Curriculum and data sharing, increased availability and accessibility of research
          materials, and virtual classroom environments are good examples. Such elements
          are particularly beneficial within a tertiary education context.
     •    Businesses can, through internet usage, increase efficiency through time, resource
          and monetary savings. Improved internet services effectively remove physical
          distance and travel time as a barrier to business.


2 End user experience including the speeds actually achieved over the NBN depends on some factors outside NBN Co’s

control like the end user’s equipment quality, software, broadband plans and how the end user’s service providers
designs its network.



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