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Broadband and Digital Infrastructure

We are well connected in the Highlands and Islands.

Helping you connect 

More than 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 six 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. The DSSB project has drawn 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 signed a contract for our region with BT to deliver a £384m contract for the next steps in its digital programme. Find our more about R100 here.

If you're interested in the Highlands and Islands roll-out to date, your own connectivity and the technology used you'll find it in our pages.

 

Check my broadband

Put your phone number or postcode into the Digital Scotland checker to find out if fibre is available to you..

R100 postcode checker

Coverage 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
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Could you be going faster online?

Have you considered all your broadband options? Find out more about the technologies available in the region and how to get the best package available for you.

You and connectivity - FAQs

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

South Whiteness community Shetland

South Whiteness Fibre

Shetland community tops region for full fibre broadband take-up

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Your right to request a decent and affordable broadband service

Ofcom launched the broadband Universal Service Obligation delivered by BT and KCOM on March 20. Find out what's happening here.

Advice for consumers

The impact of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme

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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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Connected Communities network

The Connected Communities network in the Outer Hebrides closed in 2020 after 15 years of providing wireless broadband services to communities and vital public services. Find out more here.

Connected Communities

Using technology

We can help make the most of digital through workshops, events and more.

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