{"id":88020,"date":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","date_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/nbn-to-hit-cairns\/"},"modified":"1999-12-31T00:58:00","modified_gmt":"1999-12-30T13:58:00","slug":"nbn-to-hit-cairns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.strixdevelopment.net\/smartoffice\/1999\/12\/31\/nbn-to-hit-cairns\/","title":{"rendered":"NBN To Hit Cairns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First Tas, NSW, now QLD is to get the NBN treatment.<\/p>\n<table style=\"\" align=\"Right\" border=\"0\" cellpadding=\"4\" cellspacing=\"0\">\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td height=\"300\" width=\"300\"><a href=\"javascript:;\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20120620044228f010f.jpg', 'foo', 'width=390, height=330, scrollbars=yes, resizable=yes');\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/smartoffice.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/articleimages\/20120620044228f010f_300x300.jpg\" border=\"0\"><\/a><br \/>Click to enlarge<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Several northern Qld areas near Cairns will be among the first areas to get the National Broadband Network&#8217;s &nbsp;fixed wireless service, which gives speeds of &#8220;up to&#8221; 100Mbps (eight times faster than ADSL). <\/p>\n<p>The fibre rollout in Cairns&#8217; metro area is scheduled to start shortly and up to 5,000 homes and businesses will be switched on to NBN in stages starting mid 2013, Minister for Broadband, confirmed. <\/p>\n<p>These areas include Aurukun Shire Council, Cairns Regional Council, Cook Shire Council, Tablelands Regional Council and Yarrabah Aboriginal Shire Council. <\/p>\n<p>However, high speed broadband is not a done deal just yet , it seems, with all the NBN Co yet to lodge planning applications for towers  in all five of the aforementioned local councils.<\/p>\n<p>Last week, it emerged a numbner of councils in Victoria rejected NBN Co tower applications due to visibility impact&nbsp; issues. <\/p>\n<p>Read: NBN<a href=\"http:\/\/www.smarthouse.com.au\/Home_Office\/Broadband_And_Web_Hosting\/U2H6W2K7\"> Red-Faced After Vic Rejection<\/a><\/p>\n<p>For those living outside the fibre and fixed wireless footprints, fast broadband will be available via satellite.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;For too long, people living in regional and rural Australia have had to put up with slow, unreliable internet connections &#8211; if they could get a connection at all, Minister Conroy said. <\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Through the NBN, the government is also delivering uniform national wholesale pricing. 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