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Fife Receives GBP150k Injection to Boost Fibre Broadband Cover

29th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Fife Council in Scotland has confirmed that another £150,000 of additional funding has been set aside to help bring superfast capable broadband services to the final 1.6% of premises (2,800 homes and businesses) in the county.

Scotland Reveals Next 40 Communities for “Fibre Broadband” Upgrades

26th October, 2015 (20 Comments)

The Digital Scotland scheme, which is working alongside BT to roll-out “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) networks to 85% of premises in Scotland by the end of 2015/16 and 95% by the end of March 2018, has today named the next 40 communities (20,000 premises) to benefit.

Vodafone Expand 3G Mobile Open Sure Signal to First Scottish Village

13th October, 2015 (4 Comments)

Vodafone has announced that their Rural Open Sure Signal (ROSS100) technology, which makes use of fixed line broadband connections in order to boost local outdoor 3G mobile signals (femtocell), has been expanded to reach its first community in Scotland – Tarbert on the Isle of Harris.

Skyenet Expands Rural Wireless Broadband Service on the Isle of Skye

13th October, 2015 (0 Comments)

Skyenet, a rural community project that delivers fixed wireless broadband services to Aird, Achnacloich, Tokavaig, Ord and Drumfearn on the remote Isle of Skye in Scotland, has announced that their network will soon be expanded to include Heaste in the south of Sky and other Sleat villages.

ISP Hyperoptic Begins Rollout of 1000Mbps Broadband in Glasgow City

17th September, 2015 (3 Comments)

Pure fibre optic ISP Hyperoptic has today announced that their Gigabit (1000Mbps) capable Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) broadband network is now being deployed to the city of Glasgow in Scotland, with the first homes to benefit existing inside the ‘Glasgow Harbour’ urban regeneration area.

UPDATE Data Corruption Issue Hitting Broadband Users Near Edinburgh

15th September, 2015 (4 Comments)

Broadband users with connections that are based off BTOpenreach’s national network (e.g. BT, Sky Broadband, TalkTalk), specifically those who reside around the eastern side of Edinburgh in Scotland (East Lothian), appear to be suffering from a curious fault that is causing downloads to corrupt.

Community Broadband Project on the Isle of Bute Secures Funding

14th September, 2015 (1 Comment)

Many homes and businesses on the remote Isle of Bute in Scotland are already benefitting from faster broadband connectivity thanks to the joint Digital Scotland and BT project, but not all areas will benefit. The good news is that a local community project has just secured £5,000 to fill some of the gaps.

CityFibre Sign GBP5.6m Deal to Extend Fibre Optic Network in Edinburgh

8th September, 2015 (0 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has signed a new 7-year and £5.6 million deal (including an option to extend to 19 years and grow in value to £16m) with Edinburgh City Council that will see the operator construct a new 100km long Gigabit Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network extension in the city.

Scotland Touts GBP9m Grant Scheme to Help Boost Rural Broadband

24th August, 2015 (4 Comments)

The Scottish Government has today opened a new £9m Scottish Rural Development Programme (SRDP) to applications, which will offer grants to help support community-led broadband projects in hard-to-reach areas.

Scotland Reveals Next 24 Local Areas for “Fibre Broadband” Upgrades

12th August, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Digital Scotland project, which is working with BT to deploy “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services to 85% of premises in Scotland by the end of 2015/16 and 95% by the end of 2017 March 2018, has announced the next 24 local authority areas (73,000 premises) that will benefit.

Digital Scotland Confirm GBP17.8m Clawback Boost for Rural Broadband

11th August, 2015 (23 Comments)

The £410m Digital Scotland project has become the latest to confirm a £17.8 million clawback (gain share) reinvestment boost, which will be used to extend the reach of high-speed broadband services into poorly served areas.

Survey to Reveal Broadband Slowspots on Scotland’s Southern Borders

10th August, 2015 (5 Comments)

The Southern Uplands Partnership (SUP) has launched a new survey for those who live in rural communities along Scotland’s southern border region, which they hope will help to identify the areas that are most in need of better broadband connectivity and thus public funding support.

AB Internet Chosen to Fix Broadband for Part of Scotland’s Inner Hebrides

4th August, 2015 (0 Comments)

Eight Inner Hebrides communities in rural Scotland, including Colonsay, Mull, Iona, Jura, Lismore, Islay, Luing and Craignish, have become the latest to pick fixed wireless ISP AB Internet to solve their local broadband connectivity woes under the GigaPlus Argyll project. Some 1,400+ premises will benefit.

Scottish Highlands Council to Set Out Plan for Improving Broadband

3rd August, 2015 (3 Comments)

The Highlands of Scotland, which are reflected by sparse populations living on rugged and often downright mountainous terrain, represent a very expensive challenge and a telecom operator’s worst nightmare. Never the less the Highlands Council are suggesting that they might have a solution.. maybe.

Significant Telecoms and Internet Outage on Shetland Causes Chaos

26th July, 2015 (0 Comments)

The Shetland MSP Tavish Scott has called for an “urgent investigation” after residents on the remote Scottish Shetland Islands were left without vital emergency services cover for around five hours on Saturday due to a major telecoms outage with BT’s infrastructure. Several thousand local phone, mobile and broadband connections were also disrupted.

BT’s “Fibre Broadband” Finally Arrives in Rothesay on the Isle of Bute

23rd July, 2015 (1 Comment)

After a long wait some 2,700 premises in Rothesay, which is the main town of around 5,000 people on the Isle of Bute (West Scotland), have finally been given access to “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC) connectivity as part of the wider Digital Scotland project.

Superfast Wireless Broadband Comes to East Lothian and Midlothian

20th July, 2015 (4 Comments)

The Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) initiative has teamed-up with the Dunlaw Extension Community Benefit Trust to commit a grant of £152,000 that will be used to help build a new “superfast” capable fixed wireless broadband service to over 250 premises around the Humbie and Fala areas.