{"id":26834,"date":"2025-07-21T19:40:18","date_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26834\/"},"modified":"2025-07-21T19:40:18","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T19:40:18","slug":"new-figures-reveal-progress-on-gigabit-capable-broadband-upgrades-in-inverclyde","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/26834\/","title":{"rendered":"New figures reveal progress on &#8216;gigabit-capable&#8217; broadband upgrades in Inverclyde"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>STUART McMillan, constituency MSP for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/local-news\/greenock-news\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Greenock;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Greenock<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Inverclyde;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Inverclyde<\/a>, has welcomed progress on broadband upgrades in the area.<\/p>\n<p>A total of 475 homes and businesses in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.greenocktelegraph.co.uk\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Inverclyde;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Inverclyde<\/a>\u00a0are now connected to gigabit-capable broadband through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25145997.scottish-government-news-interviews-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scottish Government;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scottish Government<\/a>\u2019s Reaching 100 per cent (R100) programme.<\/p>\n<p>The project aims to deliver high-speed broadband access to every property in Scotland by 2028.<\/p>\n<p>Mr McMillan said: &#8220;I welcome the 475 new connections for gigabit-capable broadband in Inverclyde, which are part of over 27,000 new connections established across Scotland last year \u2013 a target exceeding number.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;With many people still working from home, these new connections enable people to work, buy and sell online, supporting the local economy and use the internet for leisure as well.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.heraldscotland.com\/news\/25145997.scottish-government-news-interviews-updates\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Scottish Government;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">Scottish Government<\/a> has already exceeded its 2024-25 target, delivering 27,134 new connections last year.<\/p>\n<p>The MSP said continued investment was needed to ensure full coverage.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"STUART McMillan, constituency MSP for Greenock and Inverclyde, has welcomed progress on broadband upgrades in the area. A&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":26835,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[43],"tags":[174,23333,23334,23335,74],"class_list":{"0":"post-26834","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-internet","8":"tag-internet","9":"tag-inverclyde","10":"tag-scottish-government","11":"tag-stuart-mcmillan","12":"tag-technology"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26834","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=26834"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26834\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/26835"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=26834"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=26834"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=26834"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}