KCom is celebrating a decade of its Lightstream full fibre broadband, a move it has described as a leap of faith that placed it as a UK forerunner.
It is now 10 years since the Hull-based provider connected its first customer to its network. As celebration plans are drawn up with a summer of events and giveaways, the £99 million turnover company's chief executive Tim Shaw has reflected on the pivotal moment.
Mr Shaw, who took over the helm earlier this year having joined in 2019, said: “When we started our rollout of full fibre broadband in Hull back in 2012, it was a bit of a leap of faith. Very few other broadband suppliers were taking the route of investing in full fibre, which delivers broadband straight to our customers’ doors, instead taking the option of other, cheaper technologies. But, a decade later, it’s been proved the right decision as the rest of the country is now scrabbling to catch up with the gold standard fibre connectivity our region has been enjoying for years.
