The wait for the National Broadband Network could soon be over for more than 5000 homes and businesses across WA with the switch to the fibre optic network expected to be finished by March next year.
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Victoria Park, South Perth, Meadow Springs and Mandurah will be the first in WA to be complete the transition from the copper network to the fibre optic cables.
NBN spokesperson Peter Gurney said everyone will benefit from "an increasingly digital future".
"By the time the rollout of the NBN is complete, every home, business and community across Western Australia will have access to fast broadband," he said.
"The move to the NBN is not automatic. The remaining residents and businesses in these areas need to move their landline phone and internet services over to the NBN if they wish to continue using them."
IT professional and Curtin University student Nathan Glover said that since connecting to iiNet NBN, he and his roommates were connected with up to 12 devices at one time.
"I also run a website which offers computer programming advice for IT professionals," he said.
"With the NBN, I can now store my large work files in online cloud applications, which saves space on my hard drives.
"The added speed means that I save up to five hours a week being able to access any files I need whenever I need them."
NBN Co has urged people in the first rollout suburbs to not dilly dally and contact their internet service provider to place an order for faster broadband.