GoFibre Update on Progress of Gigabit Broadband Rollout for Scottish Borders

Edinburgh-based UK alternative network GoFibre, which is building full fibre (FTTP) broadband across rural parts of Scotland and Northern England, has provided an update on their rollout in the Scottish Borders and East Lothian region under their publicly subsidised Project Gigabit contract. A total of 1,000 customers have now been connected in these areas.

Just to recap. GoFibre’s Project Gigabit contract for the Scottish Borders and East Lothian region, which was first announced in February 2025 (here), is worth £26.2m (public subsidy) and aimed for their network coverage to reach a total of around 11,000 premises across hard-to-reach rural areas (although GoFibre’s press release puts the figure at 20,000).

According to the latest progress update, well over 1,000 Project Gigabit customers have now been connected in the contracted region and more than 6,500 premises are now able to connect thanks to GoFibre’s government-backed network expansion.

The related network build has now completed in Innerleithen and Oxton, while work is currently taking place across Chirnside, Eyemouth and surrounding villages, Lauder, Denholm, Coldingham, St Abbs, and Jedburgh. Further expansion is also taking place in the Kelso and Galashiels areas with around 2,000 additional premises to be connected in each location.

Neil Conaghan, CEO of GoFibre, said:

“As a Borders-born company, connecting more than 1,000 customers as part of our latest network rollout in the area is a proud moment.

With 6,500 homes and businesses ready-to-connect, we’re seeing first-hand the real difference full fibre is making in rural communities across the region and the strong desire in communities for better digital connectivity.

With the build in Innerleithen and Oxton complete ahead of schedule, it’s exciting to be moving into Kelso and expanding further across Galashiels. Connecting people is at the heart of what GoFibre does, whether that be through the fibre in the ground or continued investment in local communities.”

Bolstered by the new Project Gigabit customers, GoFibre said they now have several thousand customers across the Borders and over 32,000 premises ready-to-connect to its network. The provider currently expects to deploy their new full fibre based broadband network to reach a UK footprint of 250,000 premises by around mid-2028, and they were home to a total of around 15,000 customers as of June 2025.

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