grim_reaper
Member
Hi guys,
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with "www.scotlandsuperfast.com"? I basically would like to know how accurate the information on there is.
We have just purchased a lovely piece of land in the Scottish countryside, currently with no fibre. I have approached Cerberus, and Openreach can do a FTTP build for £40k. It's a BIG chunk of money and as the route would only pass 4 other properties, even if everyone would jump on board (which I'm sure they won't) it would still be around £8k / property.
I was just about to register for some R100 vouchers, when I got the following message on scotlandsuperfast.com:
Now it will take us at least 12-18 months before our build is complete and we are ready to move in, so June 2025 would be more than early enough for this. My main question is how much we can trust this info? The reason I'm questioning this is because if I use the OR fibre checker, it tells me the opposite:
The FTTP build would also take around 12-18 months to complete, so if we want this to be ready for when we move in, we would have to also order it now.
Forking out £40k for FTTP, just for 'regular' fibre to then become available anyway, would of course be a huge waste of money, so I'm a bit unsure on what to do atm. :-/
Any advice is greatly appreciated!
I'm wondering if anyone has experience with "www.scotlandsuperfast.com"? I basically would like to know how accurate the information on there is.
We have just purchased a lovely piece of land in the Scottish countryside, currently with no fibre. I have approached Cerberus, and Openreach can do a FTTP build for £40k. It's a BIG chunk of money and as the route would only pass 4 other properties, even if everyone would jump on board (which I'm sure they won't) it would still be around £8k / property.
I was just about to register for some R100 vouchers, when I got the following message on scotlandsuperfast.com:
New gigabit-capable connections are being built in your area and your address is in the R100 contract build plan – it's part of the Scottish Government’s Reaching 100% (R100) broadband programme.
Build schedule
Your property has passed the first stage in the build process – a survey has been completed by our delivery partner Openreach. Based on the current engineering schedule we estimate that your address is in scope to receive its connection by the end of June 2025.
Watch our video to find out more about the different stages of your R100 build.
What’s coming?
All of the planned R100 contract build in the South and North of Scotland, and all remaining build in Central Scotland, will be gigabit-capable – this is more than 30 times faster than the original Scottish Government commitment to deliver 30Mbps.
As much of the technology delivered will go beyond the original superfast commitment, the engineering works will take time and scheduling may change from time-to-time due to a number of factors including engineering and planning constraints, as well as the upcoming delivery of Project Gigabit in Scotland. Use the address checker for regular updates on your planned build.
Our website also contains a variety of guidance, from common questions and guidance on how to improve your current speeds to videos explaining the R100 programme and some of the challenges associated with delivering a £600m digital infrastructure build.
Ofcom’s site shares tips on how to improve your internet connection or mobile coverage as well as checking broadband and mobile speeds and coverage for any UK address.
Now it will take us at least 12-18 months before our build is complete and we are ready to move in, so June 2025 would be more than early enough for this. My main question is how much we can trust this info? The reason I'm questioning this is because if I use the OR fibre checker, it tells me the opposite:
Right now this property can’t access Full Fibre on our network and is in an area where we currently don’t have any major plans to build. This could change in the future and we'll let you know if we plan to start building in this area or Full Fibre becomes available under a smaller build programme.
The FTTP build would also take around 12-18 months to complete, so if we want this to be ready for when we move in, we would have to also order it now.
Forking out £40k for FTTP, just for 'regular' fibre to then become available anyway, would of course be a huge waste of money, so I'm a bit unsure on what to do atm. :-/
Any advice is greatly appreciated!























