Sewer internet not ideal

Mayor Allan Sutherland said council had been working with the National Broadband Network Company (NBN Co) to bring forward the roll-outof the Federal government's fibre optic infrastructure in the region.

To have some of the slowest broadband speeds in one of Australia's fastest growing regions is clearly a frustrating and unacceptable situation for local businesses and residents, myself included,a Cr Sutherland said.

I'm happy to look at any viable plan from private enterprise for the roll-out of high speed broadband.

But, I have to say I'm a little sceptical about putting hundreds of millions of dollars worth of fibre optic cable into the same pipe as human waste.

The last thing I want to do is expose our community to unnecessary risk or raise expectations with a scheme that has run into difficulties overseas.a

I'm all for high speed internet, although the notion of mixing hi-tech broadband cabling with sewage needs a lot more runs on the board and scientific rigour before it's seen as a viable alternative,a hesaid.

And that's before any broadband technicians draw straws to decidewho pulls on a pair of gumboots in the event of a major cable failure.

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