New figures from the Scottish Parliament’s information centre show a steep increase over the past decade in superfast broadband across the Borders. As of September 2024, 96.84% of properties in the Borders are reported to have access to superfast broadband, which is up 76.04% since 2014. It has outstripped the national trend, where, in 2014, 50% of households had access to superfast broadband and now the figure is 95% – an increase of 45% in the past decade.
Christine Grahame, MSP for Midlothian South, Tweeddale and Lauderdale constituency, has been a campaigner for improving speeds to residential and commercial properties, to enable improved business. She welcomed the new figures, but accepted that there remained gaps, and she remains determined to keep pressure on the Scottish Government who has committed to ensuring that, from 2025, all new builds in Scotland have access to superfast broadband.
SNP MSP Ms Grahame said: “It is absolutely fantastic to see that with the SNP Government access to superfast broadband in the Borders has dramatically risen over the previous decade – this makes a real and important difference to people’s lives.
“Going from just 20.8% in 2014 to 96.84% now, a rise of 76.04% shows, the benefit that long term investment in our community infrastructure is having.
“One of the SNP Government’s four priorities is to boost growth across Scotland and it is through the funding of vital infrastructure projects that we can help our economy flourish.”
”One of the SNP Government’s four priorities is to boost growth across Scotland...
Christine GrahameMSP for Midlothian South
