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Cityfibre Connect First Site to 20km Fibre Optic Network in Stirling (Scotland)

22nd September, 2017 - 2:09 pm (0 Comments)

Cityfibre has connected the first public building (Allan’s Primary School) to their new 20km long Gigabit FTTP based Public Service Network (PSN) in the city of Stirling (Scotland), which is part of a £1.7m deal and is being supported by a 7-year contract with ISP MLL Telecom.

Scotland Commits to Free Urban WiFi and Business Rates Relief on New Fibre

20th September, 2017 - 8:47 am (0 Comments)

The SNP controlled Scottish Government has this month set out their work programme for 2017-18, which among the known broadband promises (R100) has also pledged to deliver free WiFi “throughout major town and city centres” and to match the UK Government’s rates relief on new fibre investment.

ScotRail Trains Test up to 300Mbps “Superfast” On-Board Wi-Fi Service

18th September, 2017 - 1:18 pm (0 Comments)

Scottish train operator ScotRail has partnered up with Cisco, CGI, Network Rail Telecoms and Wittos to conduct a Proof of Concept trial to enable “super-fast” WiFi on trains (Project SWIFT), which could offer data speeds of up to 300Mbps (allegedly the “fastest in-train Wi-Fi service in the world“).

Virgin Media Agrees to Move Light Obstructing Barrhead Street Cabinet

14th September, 2017 - 7:57 am (9 Comments)

Remember those pensioners in Barrhead (East Renfrewshire, Scotland) who complained that Virgin Media’s new 5ft tall street cabinet “completely blocks out any light from coming into the house” (here)? After a nine month battle, plus lots of bad media publicity, the operator has agreed to move it.

Ookla Compares Broadband Speeds in England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland

13th September, 2017 - 2:28 pm (0 Comments)

Internet speed measuring company Ookla, which runs the popular Speedtest.net service, has published a short update that breaks the mobile and fixed line broadband speeds of the United Kingdom down by country. Interestingly Scotland comes out on top for fixed broadband performance.

Orkney Completes Phase One Rollout of “Fibre Broadband” in Scotland

24th August, 2017 - 5:16 pm (1 Comment)

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise has announced that Openreach (BT) have completed their original state aid supported Phase One roll-out of faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to the remote Scottish archipelago of Orkney, which forms part of the wider £410m Digital Scotland project.

UK ISP Bogons Ltd Snaps-up Part of AB Internet’s Wireless Broadband Assets

22nd August, 2017 - 8:52 am (10 Comments)

The little known ISP Bogons Limited, which owns a unique £150k data centre that sits inside of an old nuclear bunker near Comrie and a website that looks as if it hails from the 90’s, appears to have acquired part of AB Internet‘s fixed wireless broadband network from the administrators.

Openreach Offer £1K Reward to Catch Network Attackers in Tweedbank

9th August, 2017 - 12:01 am (1 Comment)

Openreach (BT) and Crimestoppers are offering their usual reward of up to £1,000 for any information leading to the arrest and subsequent successful convictions of anybody involved with an attack on the operator’s network that occurred in the large Scottish village of Tweedbank.

Scotland Fear 10Mbps Broadband USO Plan May Extend BT’s “Monopoly”

8th August, 2017 - 3:33 pm (13 Comments)

The Scottish Government has issued a letter to the UK’s Department for Digital (DCMS) that warns against accepting BT’s proposed investment of up to £600m to deploy a new 10Mbps+ Universal Service Obligation for broadband, which they fear could extend BT’s “monopoly position in rural areas.”

Ofcom – UK Superfast Broadband Uptake Grows to 44% as Satisfaction Falls

3rd August, 2017 - 12:01 am (0 Comments)

The annual 2017 Communications Market Report (CMR) has today been published, which reveals the latest information about the take-up and impact of Broadband, Mobile, Phone, TV and Radio services across the United Kingdom (England, Scotland, Wales and N.Ireland).

HIE Opens Review of the Community Broadband Scotland Funding Scheme

27th July, 2017 - 2:15 pm (1 Comment)

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has commissioned consultancy firm ekosgen to conduct a review of their Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) initiative, which has been running for five years and provides public investment to help setup new broadband networks in very remote rural areas.

EE Come Top for UK 4G Network Availability and Speed in New Report

27th July, 2017 - 10:02 am (2 Comments)

The latest H1 2017 report from RootMetrics has revealed the 4G mobile performance and availability of O2, Three UK, Vodafone and EE across England, Wales, Scotland and N.Ireland. Overall EE takes the crown for Mobile Broadband speed and coverage, while Three UK won for reliability and calls.

Broadband Builders Take Note – Scotland Consults to Improve Road Works

21st July, 2017 - 8:06 am (3 Comments)

The Scottish Government (SNP) has launched a new consultation on plans to “raise standards and improve the quality of road works” in Scotland, which should be of interest to any major broadband infrastructure builders in the country (e.g. Cityfibre, BT and Virgin Media) as it could affect their work.

North Skye Broadband Project Scraps State Aid Application Over Delays

20th July, 2017 - 9:00 am (11 Comments)

The North Skye Broadband (NSB) project, which had been planning to deploy a B4RN-like fibre optic broadband network to 2,000 rural premises on the Northern side of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, has given up its application for significant state aid support after facing repeated delays.

UPDATE Wireless ISP Locheilnet Win £42K for Rural Broadband Boost in Scotland

18th July, 2017 - 8:51 am (0 Comments)

The community (CIC) fixed wireless ISP Locheilnet, which offers broadband speeds of up to 35Mbps to areas from the West side of Loch Linnhe, both sides of Loch Eil and from Banavie to the wider Achnacarry/ Bunarkaig/Clunes area and Glenfinnan, has secured £42K to upgrade their core network.

9,000 Extra Homes in Scotland New Builds to Get Openreach’s 1Gbps FTTP

5th July, 2017 - 5:25 pm (8 Comments)

Some 9,000 homes around new build sites at Rosewell, Midlothian, Johnstone, Glasgow, Aberdeen, Lossiemouth, Edinburgh, East Calder, East Kilbride, Bonnyrigg, Inverness, Kintore and Chapelton are next in line to get Openreach’s (BT) ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) broadband service.

Virgin Media Criticised Again for “horrendous” Street Works in Scotland

4th July, 2017 - 2:18 pm (2 Comments)

Building a major new ultrafast broadband network isn’t easy and sometimes contractors don’t do the work properly. The latest example of this stems from Virgin Media’s street works in South Ayrshire, some of which have been described by local councillors as “horrendous.”