Around 3:30pm yesterday Karoo's ADSL services packed up and, as far as we can tell, the whole of Hull simply vanished from the Internet. Our own ADSL connection showed that it was able to sync with the DSLAM's but nothing responded on KC's side after that. Just before the whole lot shut down we where seeing routing through KC's network going haywire and packet loss / latency spikes. At the height of this blackout none of our online servers where able to connect with any of our clients in Hull.Our own ADSL connection seems to be working as normal this morning but the towns and villages around Hull seem to be affected this morning.
Thankfully KC doesn't treat us to a complete blackout very often these days, averaging only 1 disaster every 6 months by my estimate, hopefully this does not mark the beginning of a return to the 'bad old days'.
For those who don't know, KC is OFCOM's little darling. They have an effective monopoly on the area North of the Humber, once one of the best telecommunications companies in the UK. Now just a former shadow of itself milking everyone trapped in its operating area and holding everyone back.
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