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Highlands MP slams local broadband coverage

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Posted 27th May 2009 at 3:20pm by Ewan Taylor-Gibson

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Broadband access in the Scottish Highlands has been criticised by a local MP following the publication of a new investigation.

Danny Alexander, Liberal Democrat MP for Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey, has hit out at the region's coverage after a report from the BBC showed three million Scottish households do not have access to broadband speeds of 2Mb or more.

He told Highland News: "Today's BBC research is a salutary warning of the problems being experienced by broadband users across the country.

"There is a real frustration in some rural parts of the Highlands that broadband is still not available."

Mr Alexander added that proposed satellite broadband schemes for regions with poor access could prove "much more expensive" than previously anticipated.

Data from BroadbandSpeedChecker shows that the best high-speed internet coverage in Scotland is found in Glasgow, Edinburgh and the areas located between the two cities.

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2 comments

  • Peter Martin, 7th January 2010.

    A lot of potential usres could benefit by fitting external antennas.

    You wouldn't expect a good TV picture without a decent antenna in a remote area. So why expect good internet speeds?

    Reply
  • Michael O'Reilly, 12th January 2010.

    bt charging me for bt talk etc etc which I don;t have connected,
    never have had connected and their anti virus package which I have never had nor used. Lousy connection too.

    Am definitely going to dump bt broadband in March at the termination of my present contract.

    Reply

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