The telecom network provider for Hull area, Kingston Communications (KCOM) has made price cuts for its wholesale broadband products to make its price more competitive with other Wholesale sellers like BT. According to the report from the Hull Daily Mail, the new price of connection in this area via IPStream Max will cost £7.63 to the retailers.

It should be noted that BT broadband provider is already in the process of deploying ADSL 2+ broadband products in this area in near future. Thus, KCOM has no other option but to reduce its wholesale price so that it can retain its customers when BT broadband becomes its potential competitor. As for retail broadband suppliers in this area, they also have to bear the costs of taking broadband service to the end users, so it is needless to say that customers get cheaper broadband when the wholesale prices come down,

Meanwhile, Kcom released the following statement:
"Our wholesale broadband prices are reviewed annually.Due to increases in our customer numbers, our costs per customer have been reduced and we are able to reduce the broadband prices.

These reductions mean we now provide a framework of wholesale pricing at the same level or cheaper than BT's.

We have always said we would welcome competition in the area and believe the changes announced today demonstrate our continued commitment to providing an open network for other ISPs to offer services."