KCOM has completed its £85m ($104m) rollout of "gigabit-capable" FTTP broadband ISP network and a slower FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet) network. The Lightstream project covers more than 195,000 properties across Hull and East Yorkshire and has been delivered ahead of a UK government deadline for gigabit-capable networks of 2025. In the UK, there are currently around 550,000 premises with fibre to the cabinet (FTB) connections but only about 200,000 have access to 100Mbps speeds.
KCOM has completed its £85m ($104m) rollout of "gigabit-capable" FTTP broadband ISP network and a slower FTTC (fibre-to-the-cabinet) network. The Lightstream project covers more than 195,000 properties across Hull and East Yorkshire and has been delivered ahead of a UK government deadline for gigabit-capable networks of 2025. KCOM completed the rollout by May 2019 but was subject to a bidding war between Universities Superannuation Scheme and the eventual winner Macquarie Infrastructure, which prevented KCOM from announcing the rollout.