About Shetland Broadband LLP

Shetland Broadband offers internet services across the UK but with special emphasis on the Shetland Islands where it is based. As well as offering all the usual services that most people would require such as dial-up, ADSL, hosting and domain names, there are also two services of particular interest to Shetland, wireless internet and Shetland Internet. For details of all services available please visit our Services page.

Shetland Internet has offered a local subscription free dial-up service since 1999, the service was offered by the then, locally based company, Zetnet Services Limited. However with the closure of their Shetland office in February 2005 control of Shetland Internet was moved to Manchester.

Shetland Broadband LLP has since acquired Shetland Internet from Zetnet and will continue to provide all the services previously offered still on a subscription free basis for legacy users. In addition an expanded range of products and services are now available enabling those not using a Shetland Internet dial-up account to use including being able to register "shetland.co.uk" sub-domains.

Calloo ADSL is a range of ADSL packages available throughout the U.K., except through a few small telephone exchanges where ADSL was commissioned by parties other than BT under the Exchange Activate Scheme. Calloo ADSL is a trading name of Shetland Broadband LLP and available only from them.

Shetland Broadband operates the Shetland Wide Area Network covering areas of Lerwick. This service offers SDL internet connectivity, private networking between premises in the area covered and other specialist services, without the requirement for a telephone line, and supports upload speeds equal to the download speed which offers many advantages over conventional ADSL which can also be supplied.

Our Network currently has an available upload and download speed of 4 Mbps to all covered areas for both upload and download. This is in comparison to standard ADSL which has an upload speed of just 0.25 Mbps and a download speed of up to 2 Mbps depending on distance from the telephone exchange. With a symmetric connection speed of 4 Mbps available, we are providing a level of service that is not available in many towns and cities of Scotland, thus giving businesses an opportunity to be ahead of many of their competitors.

We are working on plans to expand the network to other areas and increase the speed available to 10 Mbps, but are not yet at a stage to give firm dates. Shetland Broadband recognizes that not everyone needs the very fastest connections available and therefore offers a range of speeds and services to suit differing customer needs.