All of Scotland to get affordable broadband by end of year

The whole of Scotland will have access to affordable broadband by the end of 2005. As the British IT portal The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk reports, a 30 million pound deal was made between the Scottish Executive and BT. Under the agreement, BT, which is putting up almost half of the money, will convert 378 exchanges giving 51,000 households and 5,400 businesses access to broadband. Furthermore, 21 exchanges in the Western Isles will be broadband-enabled via a publicly-funded wireless broadband project.