Scotland's Broadband Bus

The Broadband Bus is a luxury coach which has been kitted out as an educational environment to demonstrate the value of broadband and IT systems to business and community.

Equipped with 10 IT enabled workplaces and a presenters location, the bus can operate completely independently of power supplies and internet connections, having it's own generator and a self-aligning satellite system. It can connect to the public mains supply, IT networks and external broadband connections.

The Broadband Bus came about as a joint enterprise between Glenco (part of Glenrothes College), the Scottish Executive, Scottish Enterprise and Highlands and Islands Enterprise.

Internet Consultancy Ltd has been involved with the Broadband Bus since it's introduction and has staffed the bus in various locations around Ayrshire, most recently having been contracted to plan and execute visits by the Broadband Bus to rural Ayrshire locations which have recently benefitted from the introduction of Broadband, bringing to the businesses in those communites an opportunity to meet, on their own doorstep, with Scottish Enterprise e-Business Advisors and Business Gateway Advisors.