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Quality of service statistics

Introduction

The purpose of the measures is to define objective and comparable measures of the Quality of Service delivered by the provider. The measures are intended to be useful and important to the general public.

The statistics below cover the 1st and 2nd Calendar Quarters of 2011 for KC:

 

Supply Time for Initial Connection

Definition

The duration from the instant a valid service order being received by a direct service provider to the instant a working service is made available for use.

Measurements and Statistics

1 - Time to supply 95% and 99% in elapsed days, and percentage by agreed date.
2 - Hours for taking orders and stated accuracy of appointments

MeasureStatistics
  Quarter 1 Quarter 2
Time for fastest 95% (days) 0-7.33 0-23.17
Time for fastest 99% (days) 0-18.5 0-51.83
% supplied by agreed date 98.68% 99.29%
Hours for taking orders From 8.30 to 17.00 Weekdays (Monday to Friday)
Period for appointments From 08.00 to 16.30 Weekdays (Monday to Friday)

Faults Rate per Access Line

Definition

A report of a disrupted or degraded service that is made by a customer and is attributable to the network of the service provider.

Measurements and Statistics

The number of faults per access line per year

MeasureStatistics
  Quarter 1 Quarter 2
Faults/access line/year Reports per 100 lines for direct services = 0.64
Reports per 100 lines for indirect services = n/a
Reports per 100 lines for direct services = 0.51
Reports per 100 lines for indirect services = n/a

Fault Repair Time

Definition

The duration for the instant a fault has been notified by the customer to the published point of contact of the service provider to the instant when the service has returned to normal working order.

Measurements and Statistics

1 - The time by which the fastest 80% and 95% of valid faults on access lines are repaired
2 - The time by which the fastest 80% and 95% of all other valid faults are repaired

MeasureStatistics
  Quarter 1 Quarter 2
Time to repair 80% of faults on access lines (hours & minutes) 0m - 8h 3m 0m - 28h 20m
Time to repair 95% of faults on access lines(Hours & minutes) 0m - 27h 29m 0m - 58h 47m
Time to repair 80% of all other faults(hours & minutes) 0m - 8h 3m 0m - 28h 20m
Time to repair 95% of all other faults (hours & minutes) 0m - 27h 29m 0m - 58h 47m
% repaired on target date 89.98% for direct services
n/a for indirect services
88.39% for direct services
n/a for indirect services
Hours for reporting faults 24x7 365 days a year
Periods for appointments From 08.00 to 18.00 on weekdays (Monday to Friday)

From 08.00 to 14.30 on Saturdays
(direct services only)

Response Time for Operator Services

Definition

The duration from the instant when the address information required for setting up a call is received by the network to the instant a human operator answers the call.

Measurements and Statistics

1 - Mean time to answer
2 - Percentage answered within 20 seconds

MeasureStatistics
  Quarter 1 Quarter 2
Mean time to answer 2.96 Seconds 2.86 Seconds
% answered within 20 seconds 92.48% 92.79%
Number of observations 36,799 40,730

NB: Observations = number of successful and unsuccessful calls observed

Response Time for Directory Enquiry Services

Definition

The duration from the instant when the address information required for setting up a call is received by the network to the instant a human operator or an equivalent voice-activated response system answers the call.

Measurements and Statistics

1 - Mean time to answer
2 - Percentage answered within 20 seconds

MeasureStatistics
  Quarter 1 Quarter 2
Mean time to answer 2.94 Seconds 3.03 Seconds
% answered within 20 seconds 94.36% 93.41%
Number of observations 1,315,958 1,206,793

Proportion of Card and Coin Operated Public Pay-Telephones in Working Order

Definition

The proportion of public pay-telephones in working order, i. e. the user is able to make use of the services advertised as normally available.

Measurements and Statistics

The percentage of public pay-telephones in full working order

MeasureStatistics
  Quarter 1 Quarter 2
% in full working order 86.37% 88.47%
Number of observations 24,198 (sample) 22,890 (sample)

NB: This data excludes Sundays and Bank Holidays

Bill Correctness Complaints

Definition

The proportion of bills resulting in a customer complaining about the correctness of a given bill

Measurements and Statistics

The percentage of bills resulting in a customer complaint should be provided.

MeasureStatistics
  Quarter 1 Quarter 2
% 0.263% 0.097%

Share price

68.75p

0.75p

Date: 18/05/2012
Trade time: 13:59 BST

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