The incumbent phone and broadband provider for Hull and East Riding (Yorkshire, UK), KC ( Karoo ), has been asked to extend its trial of superfast fibre optic broadband ( FTTH ) services to cover thousands of Hull University students (i.e. the Avenues, Newland Avenue, University and Beverley High Road areas).

The request itself was made by two prominent city councillors, Karen Mathieson and Dave McCobb, whom claimed that the related areas also had a "much higher than average level of internet use and need the service". They also complained that some residents of the above areas were currently paying for a broadband service that they cannot receive.


Perhaps saying that the present problems are "nothing to do with our local network infrastructure" isn't entirely correct, after all the ADSL2+ technology employed is a part of that infrastructure and it was KC's choice to use it. Such services can also be affected by problems at the ISP too.

KC ultimately aims to make its new service, which will use both Fibre-to-the-Home ( FTTH ) and Fibre-to-the-Cabinet ( FTTC ) style solutions, available to 15,000 homes in the region before the end of 2012. We'd be very surprised if they didn't eventually cover the University too, although it's always rather tedious to ask an ISP to do this during a TRIAL.

Separately KC has launched a new free international calls service add-on for their existing broadband and phone subscribers. For just £5 a month customers can make FREE calls to 50 of their favourite destinations.