07/08/2026
Full-fibre Broadband Deployment Banchory
We have been asked to promote a drop-in information session happening in Banchory on Thursday 13th August with GoFibre – a telecoms operator who will be building and delivering full-fibre broadband upgrades across Aberdeenshire in the coming years.
GoFibre are a national broadband infrastructure provider who have been awarded numerous contracts through UK Government’s Project Gigabit. Project Gigabit’s objective is to ensure 99% of all UK premises can access gigabit capable broadband (i.e. a connection providing 1000Mbps download speeds) by 2032. Although the telecoms industry will be delivering a lot of this work through commercial plans, a significant amount of rural residents and businesses would miss out on vital digital connectivity upgrades without public intervention. Aberdeenshire is included in a Project Gigabit lot, which was awarded to GoFibre in July 2025. Up to £106m of public subsidy will be provided to GoFibre to build over 61,000 new full-fibre broadband connections to premises which would be missed by any other upgrade plans.
GoFibre are an existing operator in Aberdeenshire, with network and customers around Stonehaven, Newtonhill, Portlethen and Laurencekirk. As they build new network infrastructure in the coming months and years, they are very keen to engage with local communities, and speak to residents and businesses, about what their network will provide, and to showcase the benefits of full-fibre broadband.
Within Aberdeenshire Council, the Digital Engagement Team has a remit to directly support residents, businesses and communities in matters relating to digital connectivity, and to work very closely with Government and the telecoms industry, to bring significant improvements to Aberdeenshire. It is for this reason that we are working collaboratively with GoFibre, and will be actively supporting their work across Aberdeenshire.
An event will be held in Banchory on 13th August will be held in the Scout Hut on Dee Street.
Melissa Cheyne, Community Engagement Executive with GoFibre, is the local representative for GoFibre, and will be leading this drop-in information session, at which I will also be in attendance. If you have any questions or queries about the session before hand, please do let me know and I will answer anything I can in advance, to make this session as productive and effective as possible.
