PEOPLE living in Luss, Arrochar and across Loch Lomond and the Trossachs are set to see a major boost to the way they use the internet for work and leisure.
Homes and businesses in the area will soon see up to 1GB of super-fast connectivity as part of a project being led by a Glasgow firm.
Scottish Wireless recently supplied 2.3 kilometres of high-speed fibre service to the University of Strathclyde campus at Ross Priory, near Gartocharn.
And phase two of the same project will see the same service rolled out to everyone living in, working in and visiting the Loch Lomond and the Trossachs National Park area.
Peter Nevans, managing director of Scottish Wireless, said: “Over the years, rural areas have always been the last to be provided with mobile or broadband connectivity.
“They are remote, which makes it more difficult and more expensive, so the business case doesn’t always stack up for the network providers.
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“Part of what we want to do is to turn that around, so that we’re making a special effort to roll-out connectivity solutions to rural areas in a first phase of adoption.
"It will provide rural communities with a toolkit to allow them to create networks of connectivity for co-operatives of consumers, local enterprise, councils and other stakeholders.”
To find out more about the Scottish Wireless Ross Priory and Loch Lomond connectivity project, see scottishwireless.com.
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