Ultrafast broadband set for Capital

38,000 homes and businesses across the Capital are to benefit from ultrafast broadband as part of ongoing work by Virgin Media.
By The Newsroom
Published 28th Feb 2017, 12:12 BST
Updated 1st Mar 2017, 10:11 BST

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Ultrafast broadband will be installed across Edinburgh and the Lothians by the end of next year as part of the firm’s £3 billion Project Lightning network expansion to build on the one million premises already connected to its fibre optic network in Scotland.

The latest installation of ultrafast broadband comes as part of the firm’s aim to install such connections to over 360,000 homes and businesses by the end of 2019.

Rural economy and connectivity secretary Fergus Ewing said: “The quality of digital connectivity affects our lives in a way that we couldn’t have imagined a decade ago.

“Having reliable broadband and mobile services is now, rightly, seen as part of essential, everyday infrastructure: that’s why we’re committed to making superfast broadband available to every home and business by 2021.

Related topics:Virgin MediaEdinburghScotlandFergus EwingLothians