From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Karoo (internet service provider)
Karoo (internet service provider)
Karoo weekends [3] ). Karoo provides web space and POP3 email
services with all packages.
In September 2011, the company began a six month
trial of a 100 mbps service in the East Riding of Yorkshire
village of Woodmansey. Around 300 homes are involved
in the trial.[4] The trial is part of a plan to roll out super
Type Trading name
fast broadband to more than 15,000 homes across the
Industry ISP East Riding of Yorkshire.
Founded 1996 KCOM also offer ADSL services to customers outside
of the Hull and East Riding area under the KCOM brand
Headquarters Kingston upon Hull, UK name.[5]
Parent Kingston Communications As of February 2008 Karoo Broadband had approxi-
mately 81,400 subscribers.[6]
Website Karoo.co.uk
Karoo is an Internet Service Provider in the United King- Criticism
dom. Formed in 1996 by Kingston Communications, a See: Monopoly Issues
subsidiary of the KCOM Group, it primarily serves con- Karoo has suffered criticism for disconnecting users
sumers in Kingston upon Hull and the surrounding area. on illegal downloading accusations.[7]
Service history Hull City A.F.C. sponsorship
Before the introduction of unmetered, ’0800’ dialup In- Karoo was the home shirt sponsor of Premier League
ternet access and broadband, Karoo was one the first ISPs team Hull City A.F.C. from 2007 to 2009. Parent company
in the country to offer untimed Internet calls. It followed Kingston Communications sponsors the stadium.
on from the success (or over success) of the Demon In-
ternets Point of Presence (PoP) in Hull. This was set up
with the initial formation of Demon in June 1992. Demon References
allowed users in Hull to make untimed 5.5p+vat calls to [1] http://www.karoo.co.uk/products/broadband/
access the Internet via dialup accounts. Karoo followed tools/broadband-speed-map.aspx
on a few years after Demon removed their local PoP. Ka- [2] http://www.karoo.co.uk/products/broadband/
roo Xtra allowed Kingston Communications customers 7 default.aspx
hours untimed access for the price of a 5.5p (+ VAT) call [3] http://www.karoo.co.uk/products/broadband/
charge (and a subscription fee of £15 per month).[citation karoo-weekday.aspx
needed] [4] http://www.cable.co.uk/news/kc-100mbps-fibre-
This led to Hull gaining a reputation for being a so broadband-trial-to-involve-up-
called digital city although many in Hull feel this would to-280-homes-800733766/
no longer be valid due mainly to the fact that faster and [5] http://www.kcom.com/business/our-products/
more diverse digital services are available throughout internet/adsl
other parts of the UK.[citation needed] [6] KCOM Group PLC Interim Report 2007/2008
[7] http://torrentfreak.com/uk-isp-cuts-off-alleged-
Current services pirates-090724/
Currently, Karoo provides ADSL broadband services to
customers within the Hull and East Riding region with External links
Kingston Communications residential line only.[1] • Karoo Portal
As of April 2010, Karoo offers seven ADSL 2+ pack- • Karoo User Group
ages[2] offering 24mbps downstream and 1mbps up- • Karoo forum at thinkbroadband.com
stream connection (with exception of Karoo weekday • Unofficial Karoo Forums
that offers a slower speed of 64kbps in the evenings and
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