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UPDATE2 New Homes Development in Bonnyrigg Stuck with Slow Broadband

9th May, 2016 (11 Comments)

A group of residents on the new Hopefield development in Bonnyrigg (Scotland), which is managed by Taylor Wimpey, have setup a campaign to get their local Openreach (BT) Street Cabinet upgraded to FTTC (“fibre broadband”) after becoming frustrated by the areas super slow Internet.

Aberdeen Preps Fibre Upgrades and Free City Centre WiFi by End of 2016

4th May, 2016 (10 Comments)

Earlier this year the city of Aberdeen in Scotland signed a major £250m City Deal with the Government (here) and we’re now starting to get the first details on what this could mean for digital connectivity, with free city centre wifi and fibre optic upgrades being high on the agenda.

EE’s Open Source Network to Help Bring 4G Mobile to UK Rural Areas

26th April, 2016 (1 Comment)

Mobile operator EE (part of BT) has partnered up with Lime Micro and Canonical, both of which are key open source technology innovators, to launch a fully programmable network capability that could help to create new applications and improve 4G network coverage to remote rural areas.

Rest of Scotland Confirms Next Fibre Broadband Upgrades for EOL Areas

26th April, 2016 (3 Comments)

The £410m Digital Scotland programme has announced the next batch of locations in the Rest of Scotland project area (excludes the Highlands and Islands region, which we covered yesterday) that will benefit from an upgrade to Opernreach’s (BT) faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services.

The Next Highlands and Islands Fibre Broadband Rollout Areas Named

25th April, 2016 (3 Comments)

The Highland and Islands Enterprise (HIE) in Scotland has today announced the next batch of areas that will benefit from their on-going work to make BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 84% of the region’s premises by the end of 2016.

Remote Balquhidder Community Preps Own 1Gbps FTTH Broadband

21st April, 2016 (18 Comments)

The remote rural community of Balquhidder in the Stirling council area of Scotland has setup its own Community Interest Company (CIC) and is poised to start the roll-out of an ultrafast 1Gbps capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network, which could benefit up to 170 local properties.

Researchers in Scotland Promise Self Healing 5G Mobile Networks

30th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Future 5G based Mobile Broadband networks are expected to be extremely fast (peak speeds of up to 10Gbps), but new EU supported research taking place at the University of West of Scotland (UWS) could also make them “self-healing” to boost performance, protect against DDoS attacks and recover faster from outages.

Inverness Promised Step Change in Broadband and Mobile Connectivity

22nd March, 2016 (0 Comments)

The UK and Scottish Governments have today joined with the Highland Council to sign a new £315m City Region Deal for Inverness and its surrounding areas, which among other things has promised to create the “best digitally connected rural region in Europe.”

Scotland UK Reaches 85 Percent Fibre Broadband Coverage Goal

15th March, 2016 (1 Comment)

The £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband project has today announced the achievement of their first contract target, which means that 85% of homes and businesses in the country can now access a faster “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) connection.

Highlands Council in Scotland Moves to Tackle Broadband Notspots

14th March, 2016 (12 Comments)

The Highlands Council has agreed to commence a mapping exercise that aims to identify the remaining “not spots” in superfast broadband cover, which is to be accompanied by a workshop event next month to debate the issue. It’s hoped this will help to establish a clear plan for boosting coverage.

Scottish Community Goes 1 Month Without Broadband and Phone

7th March, 2016 (9 Comments)

A small community of rural homes and businesses around Drumcavel Road near Glasgow (Scotland) have been left without working fixed line broadband or phone services for one month, which occurred after a local fusebox exploded and damaged some of BTOpenreach’s underground infrastructure.

Locheilnet Boosts Capacity to Connect 270 Fort William Internet Users

4th March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Not-for-profit community (CIC) ISP Locheilnet, which was set-up in 2012 with support from locals and £91,500 from Community Broadband Scotland (CBS), has expanded its 35Mbps capable wireless broadband network in Fort William by doubling its network capacity via a new cable.

Remote Fair Isle Homes to Get Faster Broadband After GBP247K Grant

1st March, 2016 (0 Comments)

Residents of the tiny Fair Isle community, which sits around halfway between mainland Shetland and the Orkney islands (Northern Scotland), look set to benefit from faster Internet connectivity after Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) awarded a grant of £247,000 to the area.

UPDATE Scotland UK Reveals its Next “Fibre Broadband” Rollout Areas

17th February, 2016 (6 Comments)

The £410 million Digital Scotland project has so far helped to make BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to an additional 115,000 premises and this week the next batch of upgrade areas have been confirmed, including for the remote Highlands and Islands region.

2,000 Isle of Skye Homes to Benefit from Community Broadband Rollout

11th February, 2016 (0 Comments)

More than 2,000 homes on the Northern side of the Isle of Skye in Scotland, which will not be reached by BT’s roll-out, could soon benefit from superfast broadband (30Mbps+) services after a local community project secured the necessary public investment from the Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE).

Aberdeen Eyes Broadband Boost from GBP250 Million City Deal

28th January, 2016 (9 Comments)

The UK Government has today signed a new City Deal, which will pump up to £250 million into Aberdeen (Scotland). Most of the investment will go towards propping up the city’s gas and oil industry, as well as expanding its harbour, although some will be used to further boost digital connectivity.

Good Broadband Helps Find the Top 69 UK Cities for Starting a Business

6th January, 2016 (0 Comments)

A recent study from Quality Formations has ranked 69 of the United Kingdom’s cities by how attractive they are for starting a new company. Overall Derby came top and unsurprisingly the quality of local broadband plays an important part, both in terms of the best and worst cities.