Has anyone within the kingston communications area swapped from KC to the sky package,if so how did you find the changeover and performance since?

You can get sky broadband in hull now? Or you on about the surrounding areas

Last time I checked, you can't get any other landline broadband in Hull.

I'm in Hedon which is part of the original KC network,i spoke to sky yesterday and they're adamant they can do it and the girl even went away and double checked. I've agreed to try it with a 31 day cancellation option so we'll see what happens now. They're sending a router out and have made an appointment for an engineer to come and reposition the phone line all free of charge so nothing to lose really. The full package is £19.99 for 6 months rising to £26 a month after that. Unlimited downloads and phone calls with inclusive international numbers.

It's always annoyed me that as I have the full sky package I'm entitled to unlimited free broadband and phone, which could save me £40 p/m. But thanks to the Monopoly KC has I can't. May have to ring them given this.

I spoke to sky only last week about reducing my package, I got the usual sales patter " why don't you take out one of our broadband packages" I then said " I live in Hull" to which he replied " oh you can't then ". So I would be interested if this was possible

Keep us all informed please Besty

You can get a KC BUNDLE free internet all 01/02 numbers after 1800 free talk as long has you like, so many mobile numbers after 1900 on a weekend and your local call free. If you ring KC they will give you a price.Our monthly bill is £29- 99 The wife ring friends in Bradford on a night and they talk for over 3 hours with no extra cost

You only get 33 gb of data and with 5 people and probably 10 items to access the Internet that isn't enough data, as we found out. So we are now paying £37 a month which is a lot more than sky would be

Does that include Sky TV, and line rental?

You do realise that that is an absolutely awful deal, don't you? Compared to everywhere else in the country, where you could be getting some kind of television package thrown in with a lot higher broadband speeds and download allowances.

KC is an absolute rip off. I absolutely detest their monopoly on this area.

Tried Broadbandchoices.co.uk,a site which compares the best deals and suppliers in your area,Guess what, typed in my Hull post code and KC is all I can get.

Non starter,Sky contacted me today saying it wasn't possible to port my existing number over to the sky service,i queried this with KC who's official line was that Sky are unable to port their phone lines across to their service and vice versa. Sky can only use BT lines and as there are non in Hull they can't provide their services.
However,Sky did say that if i were willing to change my phone number they may be able to do it,i'm not messing about like that so declined and left it at that. KC do a phone and broadband package for £29.99 which i will swap onto which will save me £8 a month,this includes an upgrade on my Broadband package but they won't supply me with a wireless router as i'm not a new customer. So i buy a wireless router or persevere with my cable router which i wasn't impressed with.
Oh well,it was worth a try.

While you cannot get alternative hard wired solutions, there are satellite options in the in area I believe. This is only any good if your connection is really slow though as the cost per month is higher if you use it alongside a landline.

The KC situation is effectively a monopoly, but it is due to other providers not coming into the area, the network is open to other providers. Its a difficult situation, but I personally feel that OFCOM need to get KC to lower their rental costs (which are the same as BT apparently) in order to make it more appealing.

Speaking of KC, has anyone's download speed been fluctuating occasionally since the snow hit?

The first night mine dropped to about 3mbs but was fine again the next day, then did it again last night for about 15 mins before going back to 7.5ish.