Broadband rollout latest

  • By the summer of 2005, a total of 131 local exchanges in the Highlands and Islands will be broadband-enabled
  • Full details of the new roll out programme will be announced by BT next month
  • Alternative broadband solutions are being put together for the remaining 168 local exchanges with no immediate prospects of fixed line broadband. This will comprise of the mini-DSLAM Exchange Activate initiative and the wireless broadband projects of Hi-wide and Connected Communities.