WA is at risk of becoming a National Broadband Network “backwater” as new rollout data shows that homes in just two areas in the State — Subiaco and Ellenbrook — will be captured in the project’s latest technology upgrade.

Analysis of the NBN’s rollout maps by industry experts suggests Subiaco is the only WA area to be added to the latest NBN upgrade.

But, nationally, the upgrade project has earmarked 160 extra suburbs for the switch to faster fibre-to-the-kerb technology. WA is expected to get just under 8000 of the additional 440,000 fibre-to-the-kerb connections offered nationally — less than 2 per cent.

About 3600 of these premises are in the Ellenbrook area, across Aveley, Ellenbrook, Henley Brook and The Vines, while 4200 are in the Subiaco area, which includes parts of Crawley, Daglish, Kings Park, Nedlands, Perth, Subiaco, Wembley, West Leederville and West Perth.

Vowing to fight the Federal Government over the low number of homes in the State in line for faster speeds, Labor’s Josh Wilson said the revelation showed WA had been lumped with “by far the largest share of the worst technology” nationwide.

“Make no mistake, WA is getting the deluxe sashimi banquet of raw deals when it comes to the NBN,” Mr Wilson, deputy chairman of the joint standing committee on the project, said.

“WA will be a NBN backwater if this isn’t fixed.”

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Communications Minister Mitch Fifield said that all technologies used by the NBN were “fit for purpose” and there was no digital divide between the technologies.

“Josh Wilson and his Labor colleagues keep ignoring the fact that Europe and the United States, like Australia, use a range of technologies,” he said.

“Because we are doing what other countries do, the NBN will be completed six to eight years sooner than what would have been the case under Labor and at $30 billion less cost.”

An NBN Co spokeswoman said it was designing the network in line with the Government’s statement of expectations. “The Government expects the network will provide wholesale download speeds of at least 25Mbps to all premises, and at least 50Mbps to 90 per cent of fixed-line premises as soon as possible,” she said.