Exchange Activate Upgrades
25 April 2008
We are pleased to confirm that our upgrade programme, which was installing new capacity at 45 Exchange Activate exchanges, has completed successfully.
The following 29 exchanges have been upgraded to full platform ADSL. New customers will be able to benefit from broadband speeds of up to 8Mbps and choose from a full range of ISPs. (Please note that the actual speed available is dependent on distance from the exchange).
Existing broadband customers on these exchanges may wish to contact their ISPs with regard to the broadband options available to them.
- Arden
- Ardvasar
- Collieston
- Craignure
- Deerness
- Dunbeath
- Dundonnell
- Eday
- Evie
- Forss
- Fountainhall
- Gask
- Glendale
- Heriot
- John O'Groats
- Keiss
- Kildrummy
- Kishorn
- Longhope
- Morvern
- Onich
- Plockton
- Rousay
- Sanday
- Sligachan
- Stronsay
- Struan
- Tomatin
- Waternish
The following 16 exchanges have the installation of an additional "exchange activate" module. This has removed capacity issues, meaning more customers will be able to benefit from broadband at a download speed of 512Kbps.
- Applecross
- Birsay
- Burravoe
- Colintraive
- Drummuir
- Duntulm
- Fern
- Jura
- Loch Scavaig
- North Roe
- Stobo
- Stromeferry
- Trochry
- Uig
- Vidlin
- Whitsome
*The Government's objective has been to provide additional capacity in exchanges experiencing constraints for serving new customers. Full ADSL upgrades were selected in preference to the addition of an "exchange activate" module only where such an upgrade was more cost-effective in relative terms.
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28 March 2008
We are pleased to announce that Isle Ornsay exchange has been added to our upgrade programme. The exchange will receive a full platform ADSL upgrade and an indicative upgrade date will be placed on this website shortly.