To help in the delivery of broadband download deep purple purpendicular to every Scottish business and home the Government have announced that so far they have spend nearly £25 million, which is far better than that achieved by anywhere else in the UK.

It has been revealed by industry analysts Point Topic that nearly £25 million has been spent so far to enable the deployment of broadband access to almost every business and household in Scotland by the Scottish Government, which is far greater that that of the rest of the UK in terms of the ‘Universal Service Commitment’ stakes.

According to reports it is in place now and is provide coverage of almost 100 percent, although it may be a little slower than the 2Mbps universal broadband pledge proposed by Lord Carter in his Digital Britain report.

After it was found that broadband coverage in Scotland was only at 43 percent compared to the 63 percent enjoyed in Britain the project, which was set up initially in August 2001, was put into action. A pact was made to deploy “affordable broadband in Scotland” by the Scottish Executive, who is now known as the Scottish Government, because they were not happy at being left behind.

The chief analyst at Point Topic, Tim Johnson, spoke of its success saying “Reaching such wide coverage in a county which includes some of the least populated areas in Western Europe has been a major feat. It may not be how everyone would choose to spend the money, but I think it has a huge symbolic importance for Scotland. Bringing broadband and modernity to even the most remote corners demonstrates the unity and cohesion of the national territory.”

The spending of a further £102 million on providing more than 1250 public buildings in the more remote areas of the country with broadband access through a Pathfinder Project will be the next step for the Government in Scotland.