Our carrier-neutral ethos has resulted in a competitive communications marketplace of network providers at our London and south east data centres, which are home to a selection of over 15 carriers for our clients to choose from. The diverse, dedicated fibre routes leading into the facility provide clients with the confidence of resilient infrastructure, unlimited bandwidth and maximum capacity.
Connectivity your way - London and south east
The carrier-neutral advantage
High-performance, resilient premium IP transit, from Datum
Our premium IP transit product provides highly resilient, high-performance connectivity with enterprise level SLAs. Options are available from 10Mbps up to 10Gbps and anywhere in between. With multiple Tier 1 network providers, dual feeds to customer racks, MLONAP, LINX and LINX Manchester peering, hardware failover and no single point of failure, our IP transit builds in resilience, so that you don’t have to.
Third party network directory: our London and south east carriers
Atmoso
Atmoso works with its customers to deliver a positive customer experience, creating multi-cloud, multi-connected environments that are secure and simple from end user to application.
BT
BT’s highly redundant network connection provides a 100% internet availability target along with a market-leading SLA. It connects companies around the world with the firm’s globally recognised fibre and is the largest supplier of Wi-Fi in the country.
Cogent
Cogent is a multinational Tier 1 internet service provider. Its service offers internet access and data transport throughout the world over its award-winning fibre optic, IP data-only network.
Colt
Colt’s customers benefit from expansive digital infrastructure connecting 32,000 buildings across 230 cities, more than 50 metropolitan areas and 230 points of presence across Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa and North America’s largest business hubs.
ConnetU
ConnetU is a London based provider of unified data centre services, from server infrastructure (colocation and cloud) to connectivity and consulting, with a high-capacity network real estate reaching most major London data centres and carrier hubs. Connectivity services include IP transit (static, multihomed BGP and partial), MPLS pseudowires and VPLS, optical waves and network device management and consultation. Ethernet leased lines also extend these services into any office buildings UK-wide.
GTT
GTT owns and operates a global network connecting North America, Europe and Asia. GTT offers over 120 network Points of Presence (PoPs) on over 24,000 km of fibre.
ITS / NextGenAccess
ITS helps UK businesses exceed their full potential through connection. They exist to ensure the UK has the best full-fibre networks and to provide the best gigabit-capable connectivity to UK businesses through their growing partner community.
Lumen
Lumen is a global telecommunications company that empowers organisations to ignite growth by connecting people, data and apps — quickly, securely and effortlessly. As the #1 peered global network, their internet backbone delivers extensive peering to 6,300+ global interconnects, helping optimise performance and reach more of the global internet directly from their network.
Next Connex
Next Connex is a specialist provider of wholesale data centre and internet infrastructure. Utilising a backbone network that enables 40Gb and 100Gb optical waves, Next Connex connects to a growing estate of over 40+ data centres.
Neos / SSE
Neos’s telecoms strategy for deploying next generation networks ensures it constantly pushes the boundaries of network reach and performance with an extensive portfolio of Layer 2 connectivity and a flexible approach to network configuration.
Stelia
Stelia is building one of the largest disaggregated IP fabric platforms, designed to support the high-capacity interconnect demands of emerging software, technology service providers and Web 3 technologies. Stelia’s customer-focused approach offers flexible commercial models and contracts, and a range of interconnect services across North America, the UK and Europe.
Virgin Media
Virgin has invested over £13 billion to build and own the UK’s largest nationwide fibre optic network with 330 Ethernet PoPs and over 38,000 street cabinets across the country. Its infrastructure is consistently upgraded providing high resilience and quick data speeds.
Vodafone
Vodafone Carrier Services provide adaptable, purpose-built voice and data solutions for communications service providers that are next generation ready. Experienced at serving both the enterprise and consumer telecommunications markets, their UK and international teams specifically focus on delivering carrier grade services that are ready to help your business grow.
Vostron
Vostron is an independent internet service provider with a proven track record of delivering robust business communications services and IT solutions to fast-growing businesses.
Zayo
Zayo is one of the world’s largest network providers with international reach on its fibre network. The firm is able to offer dark fibre and high-capacity network circuits on diverse paths to the majority of leading data centres and connectivity hotspots.
Network services at our London and south east facilities
At Datum, you have the freedom to design your network your way by contracting directly with our range of on-site network providers. For clients that prefer a managed approach, we also offer an off-the-shelf premium IP transit package, built with maximum performance and uptime in mind. This ready-made resilient architecture has been designed to remove single points of failure, featuring multiple switches and routers, supplemented by a blend of multi-homed Tier 1 providers on separate external fibre routes.
Our premium IP transit service is just one of a range of complementary network services and connectivity options available to Datum clients:
Talk to us about connectivity at our London edge facilities
Our combination of a carrier neutral approach and resilient transit delivery makes connectivity at Datum a truly flexible, cost-competitive and technically dependable solution for your business. Get in touch with our team to find out more.