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Written Question · S1W-27832 · Session 1

Further to the answer to question S1W-17355 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 1 October 2001, what information it has on which areas and exchanges h…

Answered Asked by Colin Campbell SNP Lodged 22 Jul 2002

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive, further to the answer to question S1W-17355 by Ms Wendy Alexander on 1 October 2001, what information it has on which areas and exchanges have now been equipped with broadband asymmetrical digital subscriber line technology and which (a) area and (b) exchange (i) has and (ii) has not been equipped with such technology.

The answer

Answered by Iain Gray on 23 Aug 2002 · 32 days after it was lodged, 4 days after it was due

At the moment, the following 67 Exchanges across Scotland have been ADSL enabled:Aberdeen Balgownie | Aberdeen Denburn
Aberdeen Dyce | Aberdeen Kincorth
Aberdeen Lochnagar | Aberdeen North
Aberdeen West | Alloa
Arbroath | Ayr
Blantyre | Cumbernauld
Dalgety Bay | Dumfries
Dundee Park | Dundee Steeple
Dunfermline | East Kilbride
Edinburgh Abbeyhill | Edinburgh Craiglockhart
Edinburgh Dalkeith | Edinburgh Dean
Edinburgh Donaldson | Edinburgh Fountainbridge
Edinburgh Granton | Edinburgh Leith
Edinburgh Liberton | Edinburgh Morningside
Edinburgh Musselburgh | Edinburgh Newington
Edinburgh Portobello | Edinburgh Rose Street
Edinburgh Waverley | Elgin
Falkirk | Glasgow Bridgeton
Glasgow Central | Glasgow Clydebank
Glasgow Croftfoot | Glasgow Douglas
Glasgow Giffnock | Glasgow Govan
Glasgow Halfway | Glasgow Ibrox
Glasgow Langside | Glasgow Maryhill
Glasgow Merrylee | Glasgow Paisley
Glasgow Pollock | Glasgow Renfrew
Glasgow Rutherglen | Glasgow Scotstoun
Glasgow South | Glasgow Western
Hamilton | Inverness Macdhuie
Kilmarnock | Kirkcaldy
Livingston Station | Motherwell
Penicuik | Perth
Prestwick | St Andrews
Stirling Castle | Troon
Whitburn |
These exchanges cover 34% of the Scottish population.In addition, BT have

In the Official Report

No contribution in the Official Report cites S1W-27832 by reference.