Scotland's £697m Reaching 100% programme has now connected more than 100,000 premises, though some north-of-Scotland contract areas are reportedly at risk of running past their original dates.
The Scottish Government's R100 programme has passed 100,000 premises connected, a milestone worth marking: for most of those households and businesses, this is the first time superfast broadband has reached their door.
The picture is not uniform. Reporting on the north Scotland contract has raised the possibility of parts of the build slipping to 2027, later than residents were originally told. Remaining areas across the three R100 contracts are scheduled for completion by March 2028.
Progress is real and worth acknowledging — so is holding delivery dates to account when they move. See current scheme status on Get help.
Vodafone withdrew its £12/month Essentials tariff, raising its entry price to £20. Virgin Media's Essential Broadband at £12.50 is now the lowest verified social tariff on the market — a reminder that these deals and their prices shift, so it's worth checking before you apply.
The government-backed Shared Rural Network has switched on its 140th mobile mast, with 49 now live in Scotland — including a second site on Islay that restores signal from all four networks to an area that previously had none.
The government-backed Shared Rural Network switched on its 50th mobile mast in Scotland on the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula, extending all-four-operator 4G coverage across more than 1,900 square kilometres of rural Scotland — an area larger than Edinburgh and Glasgow combined.
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