The House of Commons Scottish Affairs Committee is taking public evidence on broadband and mobile coverage in rural and island Scotland. Submissions are a direct way to get lived experience in front of policymakers.
The Scottish Affairs Committee at Westminster has launched an inquiry into digital connectivity across rural and remote Scotland, with a public survey open for residents, community groups, and businesses to submit their experience.
This is exactly the kind of moment our campaign exists for: a live, official channel where a account of a bad signal day, a missed voucher application, or a rollout date that keeps moving actually reaches the people who write policy.
Visit our Get involved page for guidance on taking part, or go directly to the committee's inquiry page to check the submission deadline before it closes.
Vodafone withdrew its £12/month Essentials tariff, raising its entry price to £20. Virgin Media's Essential Broadband at £12.50 is now the lowest verified social tariff on the market — a reminder that these deals and their prices shift, so it's worth checking before you apply.
The government-backed Shared Rural Network has switched on its 140th mobile mast, with 49 now live in Scotland — including a second site on Islay that restores signal from all four networks to an area that previously had none.
The government-backed Shared Rural Network switched on its 50th mobile mast in Scotland on the remote Ardnamurchan peninsula, extending all-four-operator 4G coverage across more than 1,900 square kilometres of rural Scotland — an area larger than Edinburgh and Glasgow combined.
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