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The \u00a3800 million Countesswells Development<\/a>, which involves the creation of a new town with 3,000 homes and various spaces for business \/ schools near to Aberdeen, has claimed that it will also be the “first community in Scotland<\/em>” to provide residents with access to “hyperfast<\/em>” 1Gbps broadband.<\/p>\n

The Press and Journal<\/a> reports that Stewart Milne Homes<\/strong>, which is the company behind the development, has signed an agreement with an unfamiliar ISP called Grain<\/a><\/strong> that will deploy or manage the service using Fibre Optic lines installed around the site (a couple of quick Google searches turned up nothing on this provider).<\/p>\n

Jim Fitzsimons, CDL Project Director, said:<\/strong><\/p>\n

“Digital infrastructure nd broadband speeds are shockingly poor in this part of the world. Private, as well as public, sector investment is required to improve our digital connectivity.<\/p>\n

As part of our vision to make Countesswells the most connected community in Scotland, we made the decision to install the best fibre network at the out-set. We\u2019ve been able to install the fibre, along with the work on existing and new roads, which makes it relatively cost-effective.<\/p>\n

The wider region can benefit from what we\u2019ve already done, but rolling it out more widely will require support from the public sector.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

At this point things get a bit confusing because some of the earlier documentation from 2014 states that “BT<\/a> have provided the option of full fibre connectivity,<\/em>” although the developer also said they were considering the option of a “high speed open access network offering all homeowners market choice and 1Gb service<\/em>.”<\/p>\n

However, if BT<\/a> (they no doubt mean Openreach<\/a>) had been chosen then the Fibre-to-the-Premise<\/strong> (FTTP<\/a>\/H) network would be available via more ISPs than just Grain<\/a>, which leads us to suspect that they opted for the latter. Grain<\/a> will also be working with Sky to offer residents a TV service, which we’d assume involves a Fibre Integrated Reception System<\/strong> (FIRS) setup (i.e. a Satellite<\/a> dish grabs the TV and distributes it over fibre).<\/p>\n

Grain are also exploring the possibility of expanding their pure fibre network into nearby Kingswells<\/strong> (suburb of Aberdeen<\/strong>), albeit only once the new town’s network is complete. Meanwhile any talk about deploying the network across the whole city is probably academic right now as it would surely require a large investment.<\/p>\n

Mind you we must not forget that Cityfibre<\/a>’s FTTP<\/a> for local businesses and public sector sites is already present in the city, which could potentially provide a springboard to residential coverage like in York. On top of that Openreach<\/a>’s (BT<\/a>) slower FTTC<\/a> (VDSL2<\/a>) service already covers the vast majority of the city, although this delivers much more variable speeds up to 80Mbps.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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