AUSTRALIA'S NBN fast broadband roll out - estimated to cost as much as $73 billion - has hit a speed bump out Pinbarren way, in the form of a council keen to "dig its heels in" and take the communications juggernaut to task.
Noosa Council has voted to defer an application for NBN co-contractor Aurecon to build a 31m tower at Grahams Rd for one month, while council staff investigates three other alternative sites already dismissed by Aurecon.
Mayor Noel Playford supported the enforced delay moved by councillor Sandy Bolton, because the applicant had failed to tell council who in the Noosa Hinterland would receive the service.
http://www.noosanews.com.au/news/nbn-hits-local-speed-bump/2343779/
Noosa Council has voted to defer an application for NBN co-contractor Aurecon to build a 31m tower at Grahams Rd for one month, while council staff investigates three other alternative sites already dismissed by Aurecon.
Mayor Noel Playford supported the enforced delay moved by councillor Sandy Bolton, because the applicant had failed to tell council who in the Noosa Hinterland would receive the service.
http://www.noosanews.com.au/news/nbn-hits-local-speed-bump/2343779/