Carriers
& topology

Our carriers

Our network mix is one of the most comprehensive offerings in the UK, blending both major and specialist international carriers.

Cogent 100G

One of the world's largest Tier 1 carriers, with over two thousand global points of presence.

AS174 | IPv4 | IPv6

Arelion 100G

Arelion (formerly Telia) is known globally for the speed and quality of its services, with 200 global points of presence.

AS1299 | IPv4 | IPv6

Zayo

Zayo form a critical part of our fibre infrastructure across London and beyond.

AS19092 | IPv4 | IPv6

Nexusguard

Nexusguard provide us with best-in-class DDoS mitigation and protection services.

AS45474 | IPv4 | IPv6

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LINX 100G

The London Internet Exchange is the UK's primary IXP, handling multiple terrabits of traffic and connecting 500+ ISPs.

AS5459 | IPv4 | IPv6

LONAP 100G

The London Network Access Point is the second largest IXP in the UK, operating across five sites in London.

AS3356 | IPv4 | IPv6

NetIX

High performance IXP services, offering reach to a wide range of international platforms for ease of access.

AS57463 | IPv4 | IPv6

AWS

Amazon Web Services is the largest cloud service provider in the world, a subsidiary of Amazon.

AS7224 | IPv4 | IPv6

Azure

Azure is Microsoft's cloud service platform, delivered worldwide through Microsoft's private data centre estate.

AS8075 | IPv4 | IPv6

Google Cloud

Google provide a wide range of powerful cloud service options as part of their global virtualised platform.

AS15169 | IPv4 | IPv6

IBM Cloud

The IBM Cloud is favoured by larger businesses looking for custom cloud service deployments.

AS36351 | IPv4 | IPv6

Oracle Cloud

Oracle are a world-leading database software company, now offering their services to users in the cloud.

AS7160 | IPv4 | IPv6

Salesforce

As the largest CRM software vendor in the world, the Salesforce cloud gives users access to a wide service set.

AS14340 | IPv4 | IPv6

Nutanix

The Nutanix cloud offers its users hyper-converged infrastructure-as-a-service and software-defined storage.

AS64266 | IPv4 | IPv6

Alibaba Cloud

Also know as Aliyun, the Alibaba Cloud service is similar to that of Amazon's, but operated by the Chinese wholesale giant.

AS24429 | IPv4 | IPv6

Telehouse North

Our Supernode in Telehouse provides direct access to hundreds of top tier carriers.

Carrier Access Node

Equinix LD8

Our core node in Equinix LD8 gives direct access to a wide range of major and specialist carriers.

Carrier Access Node

Redcentric

The core node we operate in Redcentric London (formerly CityLifeline) provides access to a range of carriers.

Carrier Access Node

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Network topology

Our network has been designed to provide ultra-resilient communications on a global stage, for mission-critical business operations.

Dark fibre backbone

We operate our own private dark fibre ring which links our core network nodes.

By controlling and lighting our own dark fibre, we are able to maintain total end-to-end authority over our unique hybrid connectivity services, and operate with multi-Terabit capacity.

Whether you opt for the most basic connection or the most complex, your network services are delivered across one of the UK's most powerful private fibre backbones.

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Architectural overview

Our highly resilient, self-healing network – built entirely on the very latest Cisco ASR routers – has been engineered from the ground up to cope with any eventuality.

Through the careful and considered removal of any single points of failure from day one, customers can rely on rock-solid connectivity around the clock.

Diverse paths

Mesh design

BGP enabled

Self-healing

Low latency

Ultra-resilient