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KCOM Boast £187m Boost to the Economy in Hull and East Yorkshire

29th July, 2016 (1 Comment)

The incumbent telecoms and broadband operator for Hull and parts of East Yorkshire in England, KCOM, has hailed a new report that claims they have a “substantial impact” upon the local area by generating 1,600 Full-Time Equivalent jobs and delivering a £187m economic boost.

KCOM Warns of Scam Customer Support Calls in Hull, East Yorkshire

22nd July, 2016 (0 Comments)

Customers of telecoms operator KCOM, which serves the Hull and surrounding areas in East Yorkshire (England), are being warned to be on their guard after fraudsters attempted to target subscribers with fake support calls.

KCOM List 50 Bricknell Avenue Streets for their Fibre Broadband Rollout

7th July, 2016 (0 Comments)

Hull telecoms operator KCOM has today announced the next batch of roll-out locations for their new “Lightstream” fibre optic (FTTP/C) broadband network. Overall 5,000 properties in the Bricknell Avenue area and a similar number in Hedon and Preston should be covered by the end of 2016.

UPDATE KCOM Gift FREE Broadband to 150 Homes in Hull’s Orchard Park

24th June, 2016 (0 Comments)

Around 150 homes on the Orchard Park housing estate in North West Hull (East Yorkshire, England) look set to receive 6 months of free broadband from local ISP KCOM, which forms part of a joint initiative with Hull City Council that is attempting to help get more people online.

KCOM Clarify Level of FTTC in its Fibre Optic FTTP Broadband Rollout

9th June, 2016 (5 Comments)

The Hull and East Yorkshire (England) focused telecoms operator KCOM has kindly confirmed to ISPreview.co.uk that around 8% (12,000 premises) of their planned fibre optic based broadband roll-out to 150,000 local premises will be catered for via the slower Fibre-to-the-Cabinet (FTTC) service.

KCOM Fibre Broadband Reaches 78,000 Premises in East Yorkshire

27th May, 2016 (2 Comments)

KCOM, the incumbent telecoms operator for Hull and East Yorkshire in England, has revealed that their on-going “Lightstream” roll-out of fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) services has now covered 78,000 premises with 26,000 connected including 1,700 businesses (33.33% take-up).

Ofcom 2016 Report – Average UK Home Broadband Speeds Reach 28.9Mbps

25th March, 2016 (10 Comments)

The telecoms regulator has today published their re-jigged annual 2016 report into the Internet performance of the United Kingdom’s largest fixed line home broadband ISPs and their customers, which reveals that the average home download speed has jumped from 22.8Mbps last year to 28.9Mbps now. But the gap between rural and urban areas is still significant.

KC Boosts Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout to Reach 150,000 Premises

24th March, 2016 (4 Comments)

The incumbent telecoms operator for Hull and East Yorkshire in England, KC (soon to become KCOM), has today announced another major boost to their on-going “Lightstream” fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) roll-out, which will now aim to cover 150,000 premises by December 2017.

KCOM Group Re-brand Hull ISP KC and All Siblings to Just “KCOM”

21st March, 2016 (4 Comments)

The KCOM Group (formerly Kingston Communications), which owns Hull and East Yorkshire’s incumbent broadband provider KC and several other brands (Smart421, Eclipse Internet and Kcom), has begun informing customers of their decision to re-brand everything under the single name of just “KCOM“.

UPDATE3 KC Users in Hull UK Hit by Broadband Connection Problems

2nd March, 2016 (4 Comments)

Customers of Hull’s incumbent telecoms and broadband provider, KC (KCOM), are this morning still suffering from broadband connectivity problems after a fault began plaguing the network at around 3pm yesterday afternoon.

Ofcom Probes KCOM About Reduced Network Availability in Hull

12th February, 2016 (3 Comments)

The UK telecoms regulator has started a new probe into KCOM Group’s (KC) compliance with their rules due to a “temporary reduction in the availability of its network“, which was formally notified to Ofcom by the operator. But don’t worry, it’s nothing bad.

TalkTalk Joins Major UK ISPs to Sign Nuisance Calls Strategy with Ofcom

8th February, 2016 (0 Comments)

UK ISP TalkTalk has today announced that they’ve joined ten other broadband and mobile providers in signing Ofcom’s Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on Nuisance Calls, which commits them to develop new technical measures for “reducing the impact of unlawful nuisance calls on consumers“.

UPDATE CityFibre Raise £180m Financing and Gobble KCOM’s UK Fibre Network

14th December, 2015 (5 Comments)

Fibre optic developer Cityfibre has today announced that they’ve found financing of £180m to help expand and commercialise their national UK Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based broadband / Ethernet network and one of their first moves is to gobble KCOM Group’s UK network assets for £90m.

KCOM Group Moots Sale of UK Network Assets Outside of East Yorkshire

30th November, 2015 (1 Comment)

The KCOM Group, which owns UK ISP Eclipse Internet and Hull-focused communications provider KC in East Yorkshire (England), has announced that some of their national network infrastructure assets could soon be sold off.

Hull ISP KC Business Offers GBP1000 Installation Discount

18th November, 2015 (5 Comments)

The business division of Hull’s incumbent telecoms operator, KC, has confirmed that small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) that wish to connect with their new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) based Lightstream broadband network can now get an installation discount of up to £1,000.

KC Detail Fibre Optic Broadband Rollout for 5,000 East Hull Premises

12th November, 2015 (0 Comments)

The incumbent East Yorkshire (England) telecoms operator, KC, has confirmed that 5,000 homes and businesses in East Hull have just been added to their on-going “Lightstream” fibre optic broadband (FTTP/C) roll-out project, which aims to reach more than 105,000 premises passed by March 2017.

Map of Cityfibre’s Gigabit FTTP Fibre Optic Network in Hull UK

26th August, 2015 (1 Comment)

A new map has been revealed that for the first time depicts exactly where Cityfibre’s new ultrafast 62km long fibre optic (FTTP) network is being deployed in the East Yorkshire (England) city of Hull.