Access to affordable, reliable internet underpins work, learning, health information, and participation in public life.
Reliable connectivity is no longer a niche luxury: it shapes whether people can apply for jobs, attend medical appointments remotely where offered, follow coursework, and stay in touch with family and friends.
This campaign argues that Scotland should treat affordable, dignified access as part of the baseline expectations we have for housing, transport, and utilities—while celebrating community-led models that show what is possible when people organise around shared infrastructure.
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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