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UPD2 Royal Society of Edinburgh Says Scotland to Miss 30Mb Broadband Target

3rd March, 2014 (9 Comments)

Scientists writing for the Royal Society of Edinburgh (Digital-Scotland Working Group) have warned that the Scottish Government’s Step Change programme, which apparently now aims to make BT’s “superfast broadband” network available to “around” 95% of local premises by the end of 2017-18, will actually only achieve less than 80%.

First BT Superfast Broadband Cabinet in Rural Scotland Project Goes LIVE

18th February, 2014 (7 Comments)

The Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) has announced that the first “high-speed fibre broadband” street cabinet (FTTC) has gone live in Buckie today, which also represents the first official deployment in the highlands under Scotland’s public and privately funded Digital Scotland project.

Perth and Kinross in Scotland Begin Phase 1 BT Fibre Broadband Rollout

8th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Perth and Kinross Council in Scotland have begun phase one of their public and privately funded project with BT to extend the operators superfast broadband (FTTC/P) network out to 70% of local premises by 2015 and then 90% by December 2017.

Glasgow Allows BT to Deploy City Wide FREE Wireless Internet Hotspots

7th February, 2014 (0 Comments)

The Glasgow City Council has awarded a “wireless concession” to BT that allows the UK telecoms operator to roll-out a free wireless Internet service across the Scottish city and just in time for the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. But it will only be completely free for the first 6 months.

Wireless Radiation Fears Nearly Scupper Broadband Mast in Scotland

6th February, 2014 (3 Comments)

Mention words like Microwave or Radiation and some people will instantly conjure up frightening images of nuclear disasters, three headed dogs and of course.. Justin Bieber. The latter is particularly horrifying but not when it nearly scuppers a seemingly harmless rural broadband project (the wireless aspect not Bieber).

Digital Scotland Reveals Next BT Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

16th January, 2014 (2 Comments)

The £409.8 million Digital Scotland scheme, which seeks to make BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network available to 85% of local premises by the end of 2015 and “around” 95% by the end of 2017 (84% by 2016 for HIE), has named the next communities and local authority areas to be upgraded by summer 2014.

BT Sign £27m Subsea Fibre Optic Contract for Scotlands Highlands and Islands

23rd December, 2013 (3 Comments)

BT has signed a £26.9 million deal with three companies – including Global Marine Systems, Orange Marine and A-2-Sea Solutions – to help build 20 new fibre optic submarine cables around the Highlands and Islands region, which will be used to deliver on the Scottish Government’s £264m Digital Scotland project.

Scotland UK Assigns GBP9 Million to Rural Broadband Development

12th December, 2013 (0 Comments)

The Scottish Government has this week launched a formal consultation for its new seven-year £1.3 billion+ Rural Development Programme (SRDP), which includes a vague proposal to spend an extra £9 million on broadband infrastructure in rural areas by 2020.

LINX Helps Scotland Launch Own Dedicated Internet Exchange IXP

28th October, 2013 (7 Comments)

The London Internet Exchange (LINX), a central hub for most of the Internet traffic that both comes into and goes out of the United Kingdom, has announced that Scotland’s first dedicated Internet Exchange Point (IXP) will go live within the next few days. Wales will be next.

Angus Council Approves Major Superfast Broadband Rollout Plan

17th October, 2013 (0 Comments)

Some 93% of homes and businesses in Angus (Scotland, UK) could soon be within reach of a fibre optic based broadband service after the regional council approved a plan that will see at least £2m of public money (between 2014 – 2016) being used to help fund the deployment.

UPD Digital Scotland UK Reveals First 8 Superfast Broadband Rollout Areas

16th October, 2013 (1 Comment)

The £264m Digital Scotland project, which aims to ensure that 85% of Scottish homes and businesses can access BT’s “high-speed fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) network by the end of 2015 and around 95% by the end of 2017, has revealed the first 8 areas to benefit and most appear to be in the Highlands and Islands region.

Lack of Fast Broadband Could be Fuelling Rural Depopulation in Scotland

9th October, 2013 (4 Comments)

The Scottish Government’s Cabinet Secretary for Rural Affairs and Environment, Richard Lochhead, has told Scotland’s Rural Affairs Committee that there is “now evidence of people leaving rural communities to live in urban areas” due to a lack of good broadband connectivity.

Satellite ISP Uses Crowd Funding to Solve Broadband Notspots in Scotland

21st August, 2013 (0 Comments)

Ayrshire-based ISP Internet Anywhere, which claims to be Scotland’s largest reseller of Eutelsat’s up to 20Mbps capable Tooway based satellite broadband services, has become one of the first businesses to make use of a new crowd-funding platform that could help to plug the country’s remaining internet notspots and slowspots.

Scotlands North Isles Could Build a Faster Community Broadband Network

17th August, 2013 (13 Comments)

Broadband connectivity on Shetland might be gradually improving, thanks to a new undersea fibre optic link and investment, but many residents of the smaller surrounding islands (Yell, Unst and Fetlar) continue to suffer from slow connectivity (sub-1Mbps) and BT has yet to clarify its commitment. The solution could be a new community initiative.

BT Sign £264m Superfast Broadband Upgrade Contract for Scotland UK

9th July, 2013 (4 Comments)

The government of Scotland has today signed a state aid supported £264 million deal with BT that will make “fibre broadband” (FTTC/P) services available to 85% of local homes and businesses by the end of 2015 and around 95% by the end of 2017. As before we don’t know what proportion of those will get “superfast” (25Mbps+) speeds.

HIE Says 75% of Shetland Islands Should Get Superfast Broadband

30th May, 2013 (0 Comments)

Scotland’s Highlands and Islands Enterprise has “guaranteed” to help connect “at least” 75% of homes and businesses on the remote Shetland Islands to a new superfast broadband network by the end of 2015, which forms part of HIE’s wider £146 million investment into new fibre optic based infrastructure.

Dumfries and Galloway Commit GBP12.6m for Superfast Broadband

22nd May, 2013 (5 Comments)

A Policy and Resources committee meeting of the Dumfries and Galloway Council in Scotland has confirmed that the local authority will commit £12.6 million to help make superfast broadband ISP connectivity available to 85% of local premises by 2015.