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Superfast broadband boost
Thousands more Scottish homes to benefit.
More than 80,000 homes and businesses in 67 locations across Scotland will be next to get fibre broadband in the latest phase of the £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme.
The locations, from Wick and Thurso in Caithness to Maybole and Tarbolton in South Ayrshire, are spread across 13 Scottish local authority areas. The first premises in these locations are expected to benefit from fibre broadband during Spring 2015.
Local people will have access to fibre services at speeds of up to 80Mbps1, thanks to the engineering rollout being delivered on the ground by BT’s local network business, Openreach.
As part of today’s announcement, the programme will reach 15 new communities in the Highlands and Islands, extending into Caithness for the first time. The West of Scotland also gets a big boost, with more than 40,000 premises across the city of Glasgow, Renfrewshire, Ayrshire, Lanarkshire and Dunbartonshire set to benefit.
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