Current status: Answered by Fergus Ewing on 3 October 2017
To ask the Scottish Government whether the target figure for the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband Programme to provide high-speed internet to at least 95% of the country excludes exchange-only lines and, if so, for what reason.
Exchange Only (EO) lines are not excluded from the Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband (DSSB) programme. Over 267,000 premises previously served by EO lines can now access fibre broadband as a result of our DSSB investment, with further connections to follow.