10000 Hull UK Premises Set for 250Mbps FTTP in KCOM’s Summer Roll-out

East Yorkshire ISP KCOM has today announced the next phase of their £60m Lightstream roll-out (July – September 2017), which will see their Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) dominated ultrafast broadband network reach a further 10,000 homes and businesses in East Hull.

So far KCOM’s “full fibre” network has already covered well over 100,000 premises within their network footprint and they aim to reach 150,000 premises by December 2017, which equates to 75% of their overall network in Hull and East Yorkshire. Take-up is also strong, with around 45,000 customers choosing to subscribe.

Residential consumers are generally offered a maximum line speed of up to 250Mbps (30Mbps upload) on FTTP, although around 8% of the operator’s Lightstream network is still based on their slower ‘up to’ 75Mbps Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC / VDSL2) service.

Cathy Phillips, KCOM’s CMO, said:

“We are delighted to be able to announce the next stage of our Lightstream rollout, which will bring the benefits of ultrafast broadband to thousands of homes in east Hull.

Demand for Lightstream has been incredible and we are connecting a new customer every 20 minutes, which truly cements Hull’s growing reputation as one of the UK’s digital hotspots.

KCOM’s significant financial investment in its fibre network is now paying dividends for the people and businesses of Hull. It means people will be able to enjoy faster streaming, surfing, downloading and gaming at home while businesses will be able to work faster and smarter.

KCOM hasn’t yet updated their roll-out page with the full details of this phase (we expect this to be online soon), although in the meantime we’ve pasted a shortened summary below. Take note that the deployment has already begun in some of these areas, such as around the Longhill Estate.

The Deployment Plan for July – September 2017

July
Longhill, James Reckitt Avenue, Preston Road, Dunscombe Park and Bilton.

August
Sutton (e.g. College Street and Tweendykes Road).

September
Southcoates Lane, Portobello Street and Aberdeen Street.