Born in 1946 and brought up in Cupar, Fife, I was educated at the local school - 
The MSP raised concerns with the Minister for Digital Economy after there were significant delays in deploying the necessary digital infrastructure to properties in Gardenstown Exchange. This came as the result of damage affecting the fibre spine of the cabinet.
The cabinet has now been fixed a month ahead of schedule after an intervention from the Scottish Government meaning that residents of Gardenstown Exchange can now access superfast broadband from their homes.
Across Scotland, more than 60 per cent of properties reached by the programme have now switched to faster fibre broadband. Local people can check if the new fibre services are available to them at www.scotlandsuperfast.com/yourstreet.
Commenting, the Banffshire and Buchan Coast MSP said:
“It is great news that the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme has reached more places including Gardenstown Exchange in Banffshire.
“Faster broadband is bound to be of benefit for residents and businesses alike who use the internet during day-to-day work or for pleasure after the working day is finished.
“The Digital Scotland rollout is a huge civil engineering success which has reached 100,000 more premises than planned and beat targets on time and under budget.
“It’s fantastic that 60 per cent of the homes and businesses we’ve passed have now upgraded, and I’d encourage anyone who hasn’t yet made the move to check if they could get a faster service.”
“Faster broadband is bound to be of benefit for residents and businesses alike who use the internet during day-to-day work or for pleasure after the working day is finished.
“The Digital Scotland rollout is a huge civil engineering success which has reached 100,000 more premises than planned and beat targets on time and under budget.
“It’s fantastic that 60 per cent of the homes and businesses we’ve passed have now upgraded, and I’d encourage anyone who hasn’t yet made the move to check if they could get a faster service.”
