Connect with Digital Scotland
Emma Harper MSP is getting behind the roll-out of high-speed broadband in her South Scotland region – where more fibre cabinets have recently gone live thanks to the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme.
More than 2,500 households and businesses in the Castle Douglas area can now access high-speed fibre services through the £410 million Digital Scotland roll-out, with 200 premises in nearby Springholm among the latest to be reached.
Across Scotland, around 620,000 premises are now able to connect to fibre-based services through the Digital Scotland project, led by the Scottish Government and Highlands and Islands Enterprise and delivered on the ground by Openreach, BT’s local network business.
Other partners in the project include the UK Government through Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), Dumfries and Galloway Council and the European Regional Development Fund.
Emma Harper MSP urged local people to consider the benefits of a high-speed fibre broadband connection, which can be ordered through their chosen service provider, as upgrades are not automatic.
She visited a local fibre cabinet on Victoria Street in Springholm to explore the engineering behind the technology and hosted a digital drop-in session at her local office to help constituents find out more.
“Broadband speed is a subject close to the heart of many of my constituents, and it’s good to see today the excellent progress that’s being made.