The oft-quoted remark by some that 98 per cent of Scots will eventually receive broadband, as if that were the final answer, irritates me because that will leave 100,000 potential users in some of the most disadvantaged areas—such as mine—abandoned in the communications stone age.Despite the fact that all the various bodies that are responsible for publicising and promoting broadband tell us how well they are doing, the fact remains that, for those at the broadband sharp end—particularly in rural areas—the centrally developed messages have been poorly delivered and badly co-ordinated...