ONE OF Scotland’s foremost tech experts has slammed the Scottish Government’s approach to providing broadband to rural communities – and is calling for it to stop ignoring smaller suppliers, writes Louise Glen.
The response comes following a report by Scottish Rural Action (SRA), criticising Community Broadband Scotland (CBS), a government initiative led by Highlands and Islands Enterprise, for its sole reliance on BT-partnered programmes.
Charlie Boisseau, chief technology officer at Commsworld, believes the mission to provide superfast broadband to 100 per cent of properties by 2020 is, at this stage, a pipe dream.