There’s great news for broadband speeds in Blantyre as the town is included in latest Utility plans for full fibre broadband.
Telecoms infrastructure provider Openreach said today that 120,000 homes in Scotland would benefit from the latest phase of its multi-billion-pound fibre rollout. 28 different areas are targeted in the next rollout and Blantyre is one of these. These homes will join 1.2 million others and hundreds of businesses across Scotland which already have fast network access.
This upgrade will ultimately be offered to customers via service providers such as BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Vodafone.
Robert Thorburn, Openreach partnership director for Scotland, said: “Our rollout of full fibre broadband is a huge infrastructure success story. As far as we know, no company is building faster or further in Europe. We won’t be stopping any time soon. We now plan to build even further across Scotland, to more city locations, towns and our most rural communities.
“Our engineers are working at a rapid pace despite the huge complexities of an engineering project on this scale, stretching from Shetland to Stranraer. It’s also worth noting that upgrades aren’t automatic. Once full fibre is available where you live, you’ll need to place an order to get connected and we’ll do the rest.”
