A West Australian farmer says inadequate internet access is restricting her business activity.

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Nadine Eva and her husband Chad grow grain near Three Springs, about 330 kilometres north east of Perth.

Ms Eva said access to the internet, and in particular access to data at speed, was a common problem in her area and for many people in regional and remote parts of the state.

The Evas pay $175 for their internet service each month, and it does not always meet their requirements.

"We used to be on a 15-gig plan and would just make it to the end of the month, and decided we'd move to a 25-gig plan, and now suddenly that's all gone within 20 days," she said.

She said the speed of her mobile broadband was frustrating, and she scheduled her day around times when her internet seemed fastest.

"I've found that in order to get onto our banking website, I really need to do banking in the morning, not in the afternoon," Ms Eva said.

"The service is much harder to utilise in the afternoon. Signal is stronger in the morning and I can get on and do things.

She said the lack of reliable internet connection meant some machinery applications could not be utilised.

"Chad was saying that in some of the machines you should be able to link to an app on his phone and see what that machine is doing — how quickly it's going, the revs, that kind of thing — but the signal is just not strong enough," she said.

"In terms of how the world is moving towards everything being available online, courses, all that kind of thing that they're trying to promote that just because you're remote doesn't mean you don't have the same access as other people, we need to be able to have that download, and we need to be able to have that speed."

Telstra area manager for Western Australia, Boyd Brown, said the Evas' story was disappointing.

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"Obviously we'd like everyone to be having accessibility to fast internet, and obviously in this case they don't," he said.

He said depending on the distance from the mobile tower, Telstra may be able to boost the signal they receive.

"We can't make a comparison between the cost of a fixed internet versus a mobile internet," he said.

"They're a different carriage — the costs are higher, it's a totally different structure.

"What I would say is ... there is no difference in price in mobile broadband if you are metro or regional."