Officers in Aberdeenshire are warning the public to be vigilant following reports of scams this week being targeted at North East residents.
BT
Removal of public phone boxes public consultation
BT have been undertaking research to identify payphones in their network, which are no longer viable to retain. With more people using mobile phones for calls, the use of pay phones has dropped dramatically in recent years BT have indicated that they will not remove any payphones, which are located in suicide hotspots, in accident […]
Superfast fibre broadband now available in parts of Turriff
The Turriff telephone exchange is now being enabled for super fast broadband. It was announced in early 2013 that the Turriff exchange was to be upgraded to allow users to access the new superfast broadband services. At the time the expected delivery date was to be spring 2014 but this slipped back to summer 2014. […]
Further improvements to Broadband speed in Turriff
BT, Digital Scotland and Aberdeenshire Council have announced further improvements to the Broadband services offered by Turriff exchange. The current 20Mbps is due to be increased to up to 80Mbps by autumn 2014 as BT engineers upgrade exchanges across Aberdeenshire, including Turriff. Aberdeenshire Council Leader, Jim Gifford, said This announcement is a significant step in the […]
Turriff to get high speed fibre broadband
BT have announced that Turriff is going to be getting high speed fibre broadband under plans to make faster broadband available to a further 124,000 homes and businesses in Scotland. Openreach, BT’s local network business, will upgrade 99 new exchanges including Turriff with the technology before or during Spring 2014. The new service is available on an […]
