KCOM Confirm April – June FTTP Broadband Roll-out Areas in Hull UK

Communications provider KCOM has today confirmed that around 10,000 extra premises in Hull (East Yorkshire) will, between now and the end of June, gain access to their new ultrafast Fibre-to-the-Premise (FTTP) dominated fibre optic broadband network.

At present the operator has already deployed their new network to well over 104,000 homes and businesses in the region and they aim to reach 150,000 premises passed by December 2017, which equates to 75% of KCOM’s overall network in Hull and East Yorkshire. Take-up is also strong with around 40,000 customers choosing to subscribe.

Cathy Phillips, KCOM’s Chief Marketing Officer, said:

“We are delighted to be welcoming thousands more homes to our Lightstream network, which will truly make Beverley one of the fastest and most connected towns in all of the UK.

Not only is this good news for people using the internet at home, but it’s also great news for local businesses many of which are already using our ultrafast broadband to compete nationally and internationally.”

The Spring 2017 phase of deployment has now begun and this is anticipated to add another 9,800 or so premises to the total by June 2017, although most of those will come from the on-going deployment in Beverley (97% of the town will soon be within reach of the new service) and East Hull. As well as residential properties, all of Beverley’s business parks have also been connected.

Roll-out List – April to June 2017

Beverley – Phase 2 (April) – 5,000 Premises

Eastgate, Highgate, Holme Church Lane, Beaver Road, Grovehill Road, Cherry Tree Terrace, Cherry Garth, Beverley Parklands, Bielby Drive, Swinemoor Lane, Norwood Grove, Waterside Road, Figham Road, Mill View Road, Grovehill Road, Flemingate, St Nicholas Road, Morton Lane, Wilbert Lane

Willerby – Phase 1 (Mid-April) – 2,500 Premises

Oaklands Drive, Tudor Court, Carr Lane, Gorton Road, Ashdene Close, Aston Road, Hazelbarrow Drive, Derrymore Road, Well Lane, Main Street, Beverley Road, Kingston Road, Chesnut Avenue, Wolfreton Lane, The Parkway

Longhill Estate – Phase 1 + 2 (May – June 2017) – 2,300 Premises

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