Editing Fair Isle (section)

===Communication===
Fair Isle is home to two [[GSM]] 900&nbsp;MHz base stations operated by [[Vodafone UK|Vodafone]] and [[O2 (United Kingdom)|O2]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/ |title=Sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk reference 6840 and 6983 |access-date=5 December 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091207163802/http://www.sitefinder.ofcom.org.uk/ |archive-date=7 December 2009 |url-status=dead}}</ref> On 16 April 2019, an [[EE (telecommunications)|EE]] 4G antenna was turned on by [[Openreach]].<ref>{{cite web|last=Cope|first=Chris|date=18 April 2019|title='Life-changing' 4G arrives in Fair Isle|url=https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2019/04/18/life-changing-4g-arrives-in-fair-isle/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418155845/https://www.shetnews.co.uk/2019/04/18/life-changing-4g-arrives-in-fair-isle/|archive-date=18 April 2019|access-date=14 April 2021|website=Shetland News}}</ref> In 2023, the island became connected by a [[Submarine communications cable|fibre submarine cable]], as a spur off a cable linking Shetland and Orkney. This supplements and upgrades the long-distance microwave link opened in 1979.<ref>{{cite web |title=Fair Isle: BT Microwave Sites |url=https://www.dgsys.co.uk/btmicrowave/sites/27.php |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=www.dgsys.co.uk}}</ref> Full fibre services then became available to all properties on the island.<ref>{{cite web |last=Jackson |first=Mark |date=2023-12-28 |title=Full Fibre Rollout to Remote Fair Isle Sets New Openreach Record |url=https://www.ispreview.co.uk/index.php/2023/12/full-fibre-rollout-to-remote-fair-isle-sets-new-openreach-record.html |access-date=2024-03-24 |website=ISPreview UK}}</ref>