Openreach has started building more Full Fibre broadband in Torrance as part of Project Gigabit. The £175.6 million government contract covers more than 77,000 premises across Scotland, although no separate figure has been published for how many Torrance properties will be connected.
The village is hardly starting from scratch. Figures from the Fibredog UK Broadband Data Explorer show gigabit broadband is already available to 90.9% of local premises. Torrance’s median download speed reached 233Mbps in 2026, up from 102.8Mbps in 2022.
Fibredog’s local data already includes results from Virgin Media and BrawBand customers. BrawBand sells broadband over CityFibre, giving parts of Torrance a completely separate Full Fibre network. Openreach had also connected some scattered properties around Torrance and neighbouring Baldernock through an earlier community project.
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Source: fibredog.com
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More choice for most, a lifeline for a few
This particular Openreach build isn’t simply another commercial network chasing the easiest streets. Project Gigabit uses public money to reach homes and businesses that existing commercial rollouts were expected to miss. That means some of Torrance’s remaining 9.1% could be exactly who the work is intended to help.
It would still be unwise to assume that every outstanding home will be connected. The hardest properties are often scattered beyond the main village or require expensive engineering work. Openreach says even planned builds can leave out particularly difficult addresses, so the Torrance announcement isn’t a promise to every household.
There’s also nothing wrong with parts of the new network overlapping Virgin Media or CityFibre. Openreach is used by a much wider selection of broadband providers, so many residents could gain more packages and prices to choose from. Competition may be less dramatic than bringing fast broadband to a forgotten home, but it is still good news for customers.
