Scottish Executive's £27m Broadband
Posted: 06th Oct, 2005 By: MarkJ
The Scottish Executive is helping to organise and fund a £27m contract to improve broadband coverage and speeds in southern Scotland. Providers are being invited to tender for a piece of the pie, which is aimed at helping to get schools, libraries and council offices online at up to 8Mbps:
The South of Scotland Broadband Pathfinder Project is being backed by Dumfries and Galloway Council, and Scottish Borders Council. Details of the contract have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Officials expect to award the contract to the successful bidder by the middle of 2006 with the broadband network up and running in targeted locations two years later.
The Register notes that much of Scotland is already covered by broadband, yet many of those areas are not capable of the latest super-fast speeds.
The South of Scotland Broadband Pathfinder Project is being backed by Dumfries and Galloway Council, and Scottish Borders Council. Details of the contract have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Officials expect to award the contract to the successful bidder by the middle of 2006 with the broadband network up and running in targeted locations two years later.
The Register notes that much of Scotland is already covered by broadband, yet many of those areas are not capable of the latest super-fast speeds.
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