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. […]
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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 […]
Aberdeenshire Council wins the Urban Network Award
Aberdeenshire and & Aberdeen City councils have picked up the Urban Network Award at the NextGen Conference in London. The Urban Network Award was given to the councils for their North East of Scotland Digital Strategy known as Accelerate Aberdeen. The City and Shire councils are working in partnership to plough £2million each into ensuring ultrafast […]
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 […]
£18m Aberdeenshire Broadband investment approved
Aberdeenshire Council Policy & Resources Committee approved an £18m investment in broadband across the shire. This is part of the Scottish Government procurement programme to improve broadband internet access across Scotland. Being aware that over 19,000 premises across Aberdeenshire do not have an existing broadband service, councillors welcomed this report and have agreed to create […]
