Hull-based broadband ISP KCOM, which has spent the past few years building a new Fibre-to-the-Premises (FTTP) network across parts of East Yorkshire and Lincolnshire in England, has begun upgrading their packages to support symmetric speeds. But only up to a maximum upload speed of 500Mbps.
The change, which started to be deployed from 20th January 2025 (credits to Phil for the news tip), means that all KCOM packages up to 500Mbps will now offer fully symmetrical upload and download speeds. For packages above 500Mbps, upload speeds will be capped at 500Mbps and so aren’t fully symmetric (although we doubt people will moan too much about a 500Mbps upload rate).
The upgrade “comes at no extra cost, delivering enhanced experience and performance“, said a KCOM spokesperson to ISPreview. The move doesn’t come as too much of a surprise because the operator had already promoted some similar changes at the wholesale level.
Copy of KCOM’s Customer Letter
