David Davis MP calls on broadband companies to end poles row

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East Yorkshire MP David Davis has written to KCOM detailing its rivals' arguments.

Telecoms companies must work together to resolve issues around shared use of existing broadband cabling following widespread anger at the installation of telegraph poles, an MP has said.David Davis, MP for Haltemprice and Howden, said those companies blamed KCOM - the area's main telecoms provider - for being obstructive.

He said the law allowed companies to share existing infrastructure, thus preventing disruption, but "would-be new entrants" to the area's broadband market had told him they faced "obstacle after obstacle". A KCOM spokesman said the company "absolutely refutes any suggestion that we are putting any barriers in the way of other providers accessing our network."

, said: "While it is important to inform the public on the reasons for our choice to erect our own poles, the situation is complex.

 

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