The incumbent phone and broadband ISP for Hull and East Riding in Yorkshire (UK), KC, has announced plans to bring superfast fibre optic based broadband internet access services to almost 15,000 homes in the area by replacing existing copper telecoms cables .

According to Ofcom, some 50% of people in Hull have a broadband connection and receive average sync download speeds of 6.4Mbps; just 9.7% have speeds of less than 2Mbps. Further details of the 18 month project, which could offer download speeds of up to 100Mbps, are expected to be announced tomorrow.


However the project could face real competition. Thisishull reports that MS3 Communications is building its own fibre optic network in Hull that will eventually reach 25,000 homes. NextGenUs ( Fibrestream ) also has a smaller project for 800 homes. We'll add further details to this article tomorrow.

UPDATE 22nd July 2011

Further details have now been released. KC will use a number of fibre technologies as part of its deployment, including Fibre To The Home (FTTH), which is the installation of fibre all the way from the telephone exchange to a customers’ home. More than 3,000 local businesses already receive superfast broadband from KC using fibre technology and consumers will soon join them.


KC’s first installation of FTTH will be in Woodmansey, where around 330 households who are already Karoo customers will be able to take advantage of super-fast download speeds by the Autumn.