Thanks for the info baby_frogmella. I've been doing a bit of detection work and using some of the info you provided I managed to contact one of the seniors in HIE. He was very helpful and gave me information about our situation, I've added some of it below.

"Across the Highlands and Islands we are being tasked with ensuring that 84% of premises will have access to next generation broadband by 2016 so this will include the majority of premises in Culloden. It is unfortunate that lines that are connected directly to the exchange take longer to upgrade but we can assure you that we are getting there.
We expect the first of the new cabinets for 'exchange only' lines in Culloden to at least be started towards the end of 2014, so if you don't hear anything by October then please come back to me and I will give you an update on how work is progressing."

So going by that, and BT permitting, it looks like we won't be overlooked. I'll let you know if things start moving for us. Maybe the things you've seen is a start to a roll out for us with EO lines. Here's hoping. Thanks for keeping me in the loop, very helpful.