{"id":70467,"date":"2025-08-16T04:44:10","date_gmt":"2025-08-16T04:44:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70467\/"},"modified":"2025-08-16T04:44:10","modified_gmt":"2025-08-16T04:44:10","slug":"rural-scotland-to-get-broadband-boost-with-50m-cash-injection-atv-today","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/70467\/","title":{"rendered":"Rural Scotland to get \u2018Broadband Boost\u2019 with \u00a350m cash injection \u2013 ATV Today"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>From Dial-Up to Lightning Fast:\u00a0Rural homes set for turbo-charged broadband after mega cash deal\u2026<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"405\">Remote parts of Scotland are set for a major broadband upgrade after a \u00a350 million funding deal was secured to expand ultra-fast fibre to more than 150 small towns and villages.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"405\">The cash pot \u2013 \u00a340 million from investment firm AlphaReal and \u00a310 million from the Scottish National Investment Bank \u2013 will be used by Highland Broadband to ramp up its rural network in the coming year.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-235954\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/scotland1-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"485\"  \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"405\">The firm has already connected half of homes and businesses in the Highlands to full fibre, but says the new funding will help reach some of the country\u2019s most isolated communities.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"405\">Deputy First Minister Kate Forbes hailed the deal as \u201ca significant success story for Scotland\u201d, saying the rollout has \u201cmade a real difference\u201d to rural jobs and economies.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"405\">CEO Gavin Rodgers said the money means the company now has \u201cthe funding and the capability\u201d to push ahead with expansion across the Highlands and beyond.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\" data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"405\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-235955\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/scotland2.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"874\" height=\"485\"  \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"From Dial-Up to Lightning Fast:\u00a0Rural homes set for turbo-charged broadband after mega cash deal\u2026 Remote parts of Scotland&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":70468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[1638,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-70467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-internet","tag-internet","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=70467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/70467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/70468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=70467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=70467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=70467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}