Mr Broad told parliament on Wednesday that business investment would fall behind if the area was left with the National Broadband Network satellite service designed for remote regions. 

“I would say for the sake of $400,000 to $500,000, the federal government should contribute and pay for a fixed wireless tower in Kaniva,” he said.

Mr Broad said that residents in his electorate had a few basic needs like roads, doctor’s appointments, good schools, mobile service and internet access.

“Kaniva is a fantastic, vibrant town on the main road between Adelaide and Melbourne,” Mr Broad said.

“They were originally flagged to get fibre-to-the-node, then they were flagged to get fixed wireless, and now they are flagged to get satellite service.”

Fibre-to-the-node connections involve laying down fibre optic main cables to nodes every few streets and then using existing copper phone lines to reach individual houses and businesses.

Fixed wireless uses mobile-phone style powers to provide internet via rooftop antennas while the Sky Muster network is an upgraded version of previous, much-criticised interim satellite services.

Of the three technologies, fibre-to-the-node is considered the fastest and most reliable with performance up to four or five times faster than current wired internet connections.

Kaniva first found out in November 2015 that it might have to rely on satellite NBN.

“Satellite is probably OK if you are trying to access a movie or two from home, but if you’re trying to run a business you at least need fixed wireless to get an adequate amount of data,” Mr Broad said.

“My premise is that not having a fixed wireless service in Kaniva will limit the investment in that town; why would a business set up in that town?”

NBN has built fixed wireless towers at Bordertown in South Australia and at Jeparit and Dimboola to the east of Kaniva.

NBN spokesman Michael Moore said in July that the rollout took into account practical, financial and engineering criteria.

“It is complex process of weighing up factors including the location of construction resources, current service levels, existing broadband infrastructure and growth forecasts,” he said.

“After taking into account all these factors, NBNCo determined that our satellite service is the most suitable option to provide fast broadband to Kaniva.”

Mr Broad said the cost of the tower would be justified.

“The population is big enough, the economic activity is strong enough,” he said.

“The future of the town is vibrant, but if we don’t deliver this level of technology I think that would be a very poor outcome.”

Mr Broad said he would meet with Communications Minister Mitch Fifield to make his case and had also contacted NBN.

“I made it very clear to NBN company that it will be cheaper to put a fixed wireless tower in Kaniva than to take the time and the stamps to respond to my strong advocacy, he said.

“I’m not going to give up on this.”

Kaniva has also been hit by a lack of infrastructure for its existing internet services.