BT has almost completed the construction of 150 km of fibre cable infrastructure in Edinburgh , bringing ultra - fast broadband access to 7,000 businesses and 300 public sector sites . The year - long work , set to finish in September , will establish Edinburgh as the world ’s largest gigabit city , said CityFibre head of regional development for Scotland , James Robertson . Hotel chain Apex and Edinburgh ’s Festival Theatre are among the first businesses to benefit . Edinburgh Council backed the project from its earliest days , and last year flipped almost 100 jobs earmarked for BT .
CityFibre has almost completed the installation of 150km of fibre cable infrastructure in Edinburgh, bringing ultra-fast broadband services to 7,000 businesses and 300 public sector sites. The year-long work, set to finish in September, will establish Edinburgh as the UK’s largest gigabit city, said CityFibre head of regional development for Scotland, James McClafferty. Hotel chain Apex and Edinburgh’s Festival Theatre are among the first businesses to benefit. Edinburgh Council backed the project from its earliest days, and last year flipped almost 300 sites earmarked for BT.