KCom is gearing up to deliver a £17 million switchover of 170,000 phone customers from copper to fibre in Hull.
The huge project, first revealed as part of the firm’s £100 million commitment to a full fibre future back in September, is now getting underway. Faults on the 40-year-old network are no longer being repaired, with switchovers now the remedy, ahead of an exchange by exchange approach from April.
The telecoms provider aims to have the whole city transferred within 18 months - with no impact on phone numbers or bills - but a significant scaling down of the company’s environmental footprint. Energy consumption is anticipated to fall by 50 per cent for the £100 million turnover operation.
