"...one of Europe's leaders in broadband availability,..."

According to the newly published "National Planning Framework":

"Scotland is now one of Europe’s leaders in broadband availability, placing it in a strong position to take advantage of the economic opportunities offered by modern communications technologies. In addition, the Scottish Government is committed to delivering broadband to those individuals and businesses who have reported that they do not yet have access through the Broadband Reach Project, in a contract worth up to £3.3 million."

and,

"The current focus of Scottish Government support for high capacity broadband is on improvements to digital connectivity in the public sector, including health and education facilities and local authority premises. For example, Pathfinder projects are delivering scalable, high-capacity broadband to all schools (and many other public sites) in the Highlands and Islands and the South of Scotland, with a Government contribution of £93m."

Sadly, relatively few people made comment on the communications technology section of the draft NPF. Only one respondent pointed out that there were still areas of restricted access in the Highlands and felt that increasing Broadband capacity should be a national project.