{"id":43623,"date":"2025-10-25T01:31:26","date_gmt":"2025-10-25T00:31:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/?p=43623"},"modified":"2025-10-31T10:28:04","modified_gmt":"2025-10-31T10:28:04","slug":"scottish-government-upgrades-broadband-coverage-checker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ispreview.co.uk\/index.php\/2025\/10\/scottish-government-upgrades-broadband-coverage-checker.html","title":{"rendered":"Scottish Government Upgrades Broadband Coverage Checker UPDATE"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Scottish Government<\/a> put out a brief notice this week to say that their “upgraded address checker … is now live<\/em>” for broadband coverage, which apparently “now includes more detailed info on access and our delivery programmes<\/em>“, albeit seemingly without providing any further specifics to better explain what’s changed.<\/p>\n

The checker itself can be found here – https:\/\/broadbandchecker.service.gov.scot<\/a> – and to our eyes the output is still fairly basic. In particular, we note that if your area hasn’t yet been reached by a gigabit-capable broadband service, but it is PLANNED to be covered, then the checker still doesn’t provide any indication of when that roll-out is expected to take place.<\/p>\n

Scotland currently has two major gigabit-broadband focused roll-out programmes. Firstly, there’s the R100 \u00a3697m Reaching 100% (R100<\/strong>) project with Openreach<\/a> (BT<\/a>), which aims to expand full fibre (FTTP<\/a>) coverage to a further 113,000 hard to reach premises by March 2028 (here<\/a>). After that there are also several recent Project Gigabit contracts with GoFibre<\/a> and Openreach<\/a>, which should reach another 139,00 premises (combined) over the next few years with a UK public investment of around \u00a3288m (here<\/a>, here<\/a> and here<\/a>).<\/p>\n

UPDATE 31st Oct 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n

The latest project newsletter provides the necessary detail on what’s changed.<\/p>\n

The update introduces the Borders and East Lothian contract area, which is being delivered by GoFibre<\/a>, and the national framework, which Openreach are rolling out and targets parts of the Highlands and Islands, Central, and South of Scotland. Additional Project Gigabit contracts will be added to the checker as they move into the build phase.
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\nThe tool now provides detailed information on:<\/p>\n