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Scotland completes superfast broadband roll-out, with over 950,600 premises covered

Monday 5 July 2021 | 15:55 CET | News
The Digital Scotland project delivered superfast broadband to over 950,600 premises according to a final report issued by the government. Working with Openreach, the project started in 2014 covered 150,000 more premises than originally planned.

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