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Broadband and Digital Infrastructure
We are well connected in the Highlands and Islands.
Helping you connect
Around 80% of homes and businesses, in more than 290 communities across every part of the Highlands and Islands, can access superfast broadband.
Over the past five years, we have led the £146m Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) project which has built a fibre network for our region. Coverage stretches from North Roe in Shetland to Southend in Kintyre.
It has dramatically changed access to good connectivity in our region - providing the core infrastructure needed to deliver domestic and commercial broadband, and making it possible for mobile operators to reach further with data services.
The DSSB project is drawing to a close. It has reached more places than originally planned, partly through efficient delivery and also thanks to extra funding as a result of good take-up in the region.
There is further to go to reach everyone. The Scottish Government has committed £600m for the next steps in its digital programme.
Check my broadband
Put your phone number or postcode into the Digital Scotland checker to find out if fibre is available to you..
Broadband checkerCoverage statistics
Interested in fibre coverage? ThinkBroadband is an independent website which has the latest figures at Scotland and local authority area level.
Local broadband coverage information
Broadband technology and the Digital Scotland roll-out
Want to know more about broadband infrastructure? Our FAQs have information on the public investments, the technologies, and on what's happening to ensure everyone can access good connectivity.
The impact of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme
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The £146m fibre network investment has delivered a new age of communications across the region. High-speed broadband brings with it the potential to transform communities - changing how we do business, educate our children and deliver services.Stuart Robertson, director of digital, HIE
Connected Communities network
The Connected Communities wireless network in the Outer Hebrides has remained open to support local connectivity during lockdown. A switch off date of August 10 has now been agreed. Find out what's happening here.
Our region's first fully ultrafast island
Find out what impact superfast and ultrafast connectivity is having in the Outer Hebrides.
How connectivity changes lives
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