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SBRC CEO Mark Pitt<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

November 5, 2020<\/strong><\/p>\n

Kingaroy’s transformation project – which began recently – could herald a new era of high-speed internet connectivity for the town’s CBD if an exciting project being explored by the South Burnett Regional Council comes to fruition.<\/p>\n

The “dark fibre” project could offer a maximum data transfer rate of an incredible 100Gb\/sec although, more realistically, the project would be aiming for 10Gb\/sec initially.<\/p>\n

It was discussed briefly by South Burnett Mayor Brett Otto at the KCCI breakfast in Kingaroy on Thursday morning.<\/p>\n

“If we get that one day it will mean that we have 10Gb\/sec into the main street of Kingaroy,” Mayor Otto said.<\/p>\n

“That will be a first. ”<\/p>\n

SBRC CEO Mark Pitt said later Council was working with QCNFibre – a State Government corporation jointly owned by Powerlink and Energy Queensland – to explore the possibility of extending the State Government’s fibre optic network to Kingaroy.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the moment, the cable terminates at Tarong Power Station.<\/p>\n

Excitingly, the network is also connected to the international broadband submarine cable at Caloundra which provides the fastest international connection point from Queensland and east Australia to Asia.<\/p>\n

Mr Pitt said Council was working with QCNFibre to see how the Tarong cable could be linked to Kingaroy.<\/p>\n

“We might be able to do it with a microwave link in the short term,” he said.<\/p>\n

The most costly part of the project would be “the last mile in the ground” within the Kingaroy CBD which is where the Kingaroy Transformation Project (KTP) comes in.<\/p>\n

“While the KTP is under way we will lay all the conduits for the dark fibre through the CBD,” Mr Pitt said.<\/strong><\/p>\n

This will mean it will be much cheaper to actually add the fibre optic cabling at a later date.<\/p>\n

“Over the next two to three years, we will put all the conduit in the ground,” he said.<\/p>\n

As well as attracting new businesses to town, the project could also provide high-speed connectivity to a whole range of government departments based in Kingaroy, including the police and Kingaroy Courthouse.<\/p>\n

It could also be extended to Kingaroy Hospital.<\/p>\n

Mr Pitt warned that none of this would be happening overnight and the project was still in an early stage of investigation.<\/strong><\/p>\n

“We are one of the only regional councils in Queensland that is looking at this,” he said.<\/p>\n

“It would give us a capacity that we just don’t have. It is an investment in the future.<\/p>\n

“It makes perfect business sense.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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