Faster broadband services are rolled out across the region

More villages throughout Fife are benefiting from faster fibre broadband thanks to a £428 million project.

Premises in Crail, Gauldry, Cardenden and Anstruther are among those able to connect to the network after improvements were made by the Digital Scotland Superfast broadband rollout.

Nearly 4,500 new fibre street cabinets have gone live and more than 11,000km of cable has been laid by Openreach engineers across the country.

Home and business owners interested in taking advantage are being urged to sign up to the faster services with their internet providers as upgrades are not automatic.

Fife Council’s economy, tourism, strategic planning and transportation committee convener Altany Craik said: “I am delighted that more areas across Fife can now access fibre broadband thanks to the programme and more people are now able to get a superfast speed.”

Robert Thorburn, fibre broadband director for Openreach in Scotland, said: “As the rollout nears its end stages, we’re really digging into some harder-to-reach communities and places where the engineering challenges are more significant.

“Many of these latest lines have been converted from a format once thought incompatible with high-speed fibre broadband, and we’re increasingly using ultrafast fibre to the premises to deliver the network directly into individual dwellings, with some properties in places like Letham, Buckhaven, Luthrie, Strathmiglo and Newport-onTay among those to benefit.”

Thousands of homes and offices have already benefited.