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| 25th May 2005 | We've done it! Broadband will be here by 6th July 2005. Check out the ADSL Guide website for confirmation. |
| 9th May 2005 | We have made contact with BT Scotland Director, Bob Downes regarding the roll out programme and methodology for Schivas. Not a great deal of info as yet but at least we are now on his radar screen. See here for more info. |
| 26th April 2005 | Important News Release from the
Scottish Executive -
here - regarding the enabling of all Scottish Exchanges for
Broadband. WE ARE GOING TO GET BROADBAND IN SCHIVAS See also the FAQ from Broadband for Scotland - here (90Kb PDF) - for more information. Note that the availability search function on most websites have not been updated so don't be alarmed if it still says that broadband isn't available. Want to have your say or just share in the good news? Go to our discussion zone - here |
| 15th Feb 2005 | Welcome to the two new registered lines this month. This takes our total number of subscribers on the Schivas exchange seeking broadband to 145. Thank you all for your expressions of support. |
| 10th Feb 2005 | We have been using
Onspeed for a
couple of months now. Typically we are seeing speeds that are
double the normal dial up speeds and quite often it 3 times as fast. It has been most useful when accessing e mail and the web whilst travelling. All too often hotels have appallingly slow dial up connections and Onspeed really transforms these slow and unhelpful connections. |
| 2nd Dec 2004 Hot News!!!!!!! |
An Alternative to Broadband (well very nearly) has been
found Click here to find out more and get this revolutionary tool. Yes! We have found a small and inexpensive download that will dramatically boost the speed at which your computer can download pages from the net. |
| 25th April 2004 | A further batch of leaflets distributed in the Arnage and Coalmoss areas. As ever, it was great to meet so many people who are keen to see Broadband in this area. |
| 10th April 2004 | A further batch of leaflets distributed in the Kellys Mill and Craigie Brae areas. |
| 9th April 2004 | Still no news from the local MP Malcolm Bruce. However, it does sound as if he is aware of the broadband issue. Take a look at this article on his website |
| 21st March 2004 | Fourth batch of fliers distributed to Drumwhindle and locations on the eastern side of the exchange area. To date approx 150 have been delivered. |
| 18th March 2004 | Article on Broadband 4 Schivas appeared in today's P & J (a transcript will be available here soon). They have asked that we keep them informed as to the progress of the campaign. Article available on line here. |
| 16th March 2004 | Karen Gray and her husband have written to the local MP - Malcolm Bruce. As soon as we have a response from him, it will be posted here. |
| 16th March 2004 | In the 4 weeks since the campaign began (and only two weeks since leafleting began), the number of pre-registrations has risen from 62 to 90. A huge thank you to everyone who has taken the time to register their interest and support. |
| 14th March 2004 | Third batch of fliers distributed in the Tanglandford and Ythanbank area. It was great to talk with folk in person and to hear that there is plenty of support. Rest of Ythanbank will be covered soon. |
| 12th March 2004 | Apologies to anyone who has tried to use the wee form on the "Join Us" page. There was a fault in how the data was handled and your offers have not been received. It is fixed now so do feel free to get in touch here. |
| 10th March 2004 | Second batch of fliers distributed in the Cairnleith and Airdlin area. A huge thank you to Agnes Shand for doing this. |
| 7th March 2004 | First batch of fliers distributed in the Quilquox area. Other areas of the exchange coverage will be handled soon. Apologies to the folk on the Auchnagatt exchange who were bother unnecessarily but BT will not provide accurate info regarding the area served by each exchange. |
| 29th Feb 2004 | Broadband 4 Schivas campaign poster designed. Download a copy here. You will need Adobe Acrobat viewer to see this file - it is available freely here. |
| 28th Feb 2004 | Broadband 4 Schivas is now listed on Yahoo, Google, Netscape and AllTheWeb search engines. Do a search for Schivas + Broadband and see what comes back! |
| 26th Feb 2004 | Broadband 4 Schivas is now a recognised campaign with ADSL guide as well as the Broadband Resource |
| 24th Feb 2004 | Broadband 4 Schivas site launched |
| 16th Feb 2004 | Methlick (one of our nearest neighbouring exchanges) is scheduled to be broadband enabled on June 16th. Lets see if we can get Schivas to the same standard soon! |
| 12th Feb 2004 | Schivas exchange tops the list of Scottish exchanges without a trigger level. It can't be long before we get one. |