Delight as latest tech lands locally

It was top marks for Digital Scotland this week as pupils from Comrie Primary School helped welcome the arrival of fibre broadband in the village.

Around 800 households and businesses in Comrie can now access high-speed fibre services as part of the £410 million Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme, building on the village’s existing fibre broadband network.

The premises join around 23,400 in Perth and Kinross which are now able to access fibre broadband through the Digital Scotland rollout.

Local people need to sign up for the new services with an internet service provider, as upgrades are not automatic.

More local coverage will follow as engineers from Openreach, BT’s local network business, continue work on the ground.

Pupils from Comrie Primary School helped with the celebrations at a special event on Tuesday.

They joined members of the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme to unveil one of the new street cabinets that will serve part of the village.

The pupils also climbed aboard the Digital Scotland Fibre Showcase, a specially-adapted vehicle which features all of the equipment used in the roll-out of fibre broadband.

Head teacher at Comrie Primary School, Ruth Billingham, said: “It was fantastic to have the Digital Scotland team visit the school and involve some of the pupils in helping welcome fibre broadband in the village.

“Having the fibre showcase at the school was also a great opportunity for pupils to see the

Hands on Samantha Lindsay-Dorward, a community project officer for Digital Scotland, with Comrie Primary Head teacher Ruth Billingham and some of the pupils who assisted pupils at the cabinet launch event