This petition was submitted during the 2015-2017 parliament
Rejected petition Allow residents of Hull & East Yorkshire have a choice of internet providers.
For many years the residents of Hull and East Yorkshire have been prevented from accessing a choice of broadband internet and phone line providers. Local company Kingston Communication runs the line preventing customers a choice of providers and also means that they can determine there own costs.
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Kingston Communication (KC) is a local broadband & phone line provider around Hull & East Yorkshire, they own the line meaning that residents can only have services provided by KC at vastly extortionate prices compared to companies such as Sky a& Virgin for example. The quality of the internet provided by KC is also of a poor quality compared to other companies and areas around the country. The aim of this petition is for the government to force KC into disbanding there control of the area.
This petition was rejected
Why was this petition rejected?
It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.
We can't accept your petition because the UK Government and Parliament aren't responsible for the issue you raise. Kingston Communications is a private company and the UK Government and Parliament are not responsible for its operation or the operations of other service providers.
The communication regulator in the UK is Ofcom:
We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.