Karoo Customers Speak Out
Hull for those of you who don’t know – it is a city which is trying really hard. Hull is working its arse off to drag itself out of economic and social decline and to establish itself as a ‘top 10 digital city’.
After years of treating this as back page news, the local media really seem to have got behind the people to protest about the Kingston Communications monopoly here in Hull.
The Hull Daily Mail have published details of a poll on the Prime Ministers Petitions site urging:
“We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to scrap the monopoly that Kingston Communications hold in Hull for broadband users.”
So far, the response has been pretty good. As I write this, there are 1,259 signatories. That’s over one thousand in the single day the petition was advertised by the Hull Daily Mail.
The BBC are helping out too. Check out this video giving some background on the problems we face here in Hull.
The more publicity we bring to this, the better our chances of fighting against the suppressive monopoly that stifles the economic development of Hull. If you can, I ask that you take the time to write on your website or blog a little piece on what’s happening here in Hull to help spread the word.
For more information, you can always check out the unofficial Karoo Forums website.
Thanks for reading.
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February 8th, 2008 at 8:51 pm
I don’t live in Hull, but my BBC local news is Look North with Peter Levy and co. I’ve watched quite a few features about Kingston Communications and their monopoly, it’s hard to believe that a city such as Hull can let this happen. The last report I watched on subject talked about taking the issue to the European courts. It also mentioned that other providers had been contacted but were reluctant to comment, probably due the HUGE investment it would need to enter into the Hull area. All-in-all a sorry state of affairs and not good for Hull residents
February 9th, 2008 at 2:34 pm
It’s good to hear that this issue is getting more attention.
My connection isn’t that bad. It’s fairly stable, however the price is ridiculous as is the traffic shaping. If we had more competition I would move in a heartbeat.
February 13th, 2008 at 10:59 pm
Yes it is good to hear that people have not forgotten the slight issue we have in HULL with our independent Telecommunication Company (Kingston Communications /Torch). Though the many issues that have revolved around this is that any telecommunication company that moves into Hull, must add there own lines and establish their networks as this can not be provided by Kingston Communication due to issues with lines being different to every where else in the UK. So in theory the new Telecommunication company must pay millions to establish them selves in the Hull and the surrounding areas which is currently too expensive. Though BT can not touch KC as BT owns most of the UK and is not allowed to remove a independent provider (KC) as the will cause BT to own even more of the Market share within the Telecomm market