KCB Decides To End Community Broadband Procurement

Following an extended procurement process and careful evaluation of the latest bid , the Kyles Community Broadband (KCB) Board has decided to end its community broadband procurement.  It was confirmed that the submitted bid had not been able to meet all of the state aid rules required by the regulator BDUK, and there were several further risks to the [...]

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KCB Procurement Process Enters Critical Fortnight

  7th August 2018
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As subscribers to our newsletter and followers on facebook will know, over the last months the board of directors of KCB, along with its advisors and potential funders have [...]

Update on KCB’s Progress toward Community-owned Broadband

  17th July 2018
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KCB and partners are still engaged the very slow process of ensuring the tender meets all the regulatory requirements of the funders and is a safe and viable solution for our [...]

Procurement Update and GDPR

  26th May 2018
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PROCUREMENT UPDATE As you may have gathered through Facebook, KCB are still working through a huge amount of information to ensure the latest tender meets all regulatory [...]

Kyles Community Broadband is looking for a temporary Community Liaison Officer

  3rd March 2018
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  KCB is looking for an outgoing, well-connected, computer-literate and above-all local person to work on a freelance basis to provide community liaison and research [...]

Phew! A Weekend of Meetings!

  26th February 2018
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With meetings in Toward and on Bute on Saturday, and in Colintraive and Kames on Sunday, KCB found an enthusiastic response to our progress. We have attached the [...]

Announcing Public Meetings and a User Survey

  5th February 2018
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KCB is holding four meetings at the end of February to discuss in further detail the extent and type of service that it will be offering through the broadband service the [...]

Second Procurement to Move Forward

  6th December 2017
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KCB are delighted to say that we hope in the next month or so the procurement for a solution for approximately 600 properties with Next Generation Broadband will [...]

Community Consultation for our Next Step gathers pace

  20th September 2017
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We've had a very good response to our request for views on how we should proceed after cancelling the procurement recently. Our choice is between a new procurement with a 400% [...]

Community Broadband in the Kyles Reaches a Key Decision: Act or Pause?

  11th September 2017
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Since 2016 Kyles Community Broadband (KCB) has been working with Community Broadband Scotland (CBS) to create a fit-for-purpose superfast broadband network for the [...]

Community Broadband for South-west Cowal & Isle of Bute Takes Huge Step Forward

  27th January 2017
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The Kyles of Bute community broadband project reached a critical milestone in December with approval from Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) and Community Broadband [...]