Access to broadband has become a necessity of everyday life from banking and access to public services to social and travel needs. In 2016, the Lochbroom community, through Ullapool Community Trust, set up their own company to meet their broadband needs when other providers could not meet the challenge of reaching remote and often inaccessible areas.

Today, many residents have access to superfast internet connection speeds thanks to the efforts of Highland Community Broadband, which found ways to connect our communities despite the challenging topography and climate.

Eight years on, the technology landscape is changing rapidly. From mobile phone masts to undersea cables and Elon Musk's Starlink Satellite Internet, Kim Tunsley of SKT Controls and Communications describes these technological challenges and what the road ahead may hold.