Our carrier neutral approach to connectivity has fostered a healthily competitive community of some 20 network providers for you to choose from at our Manchester data centre. Diverse, dedicated fibre routes into the facility offer the reassurance of resilient, unlimited bandwidth and maximum capacity for our clients.
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Third party network directory: our Manchester carriers
ANS Group
ANS Group designs, implements and supports complex network, data centre and mobility solutions for organisations with locations both in the UK and around the globe. With a focus on high-level expertise at every stage, ANS Group creates bespoke network infrastructure solutions to cope with the individual needs of each unique enterprise customer.
Avensys
Established in 1996, Avensys Networks provides a low latency, robust and resilient network with multiple POPs in Manchester, London and Sheffield, offering UK and global transit. Avensys specialises in offering high-quality services to the business sector, including bandwidth, leased lines and co-location.
Boundless Communications
Boundless Communications provides business-grade connectivity services to properties in or out of business parks using fibre and wireless technologies. High performance connections can be installed on very short lead times and businesses can save money compared to conventional leased lines.
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.
euNetworks
euNetworks is a Western European provider of bandwidth infrastructure services, focused on delivering scalable, fibre-based products and solutions to a customer base that is at the centre of technology transformation.
Exascale
Exascale delivers enterprise-level managed and unmanaged hosting, leased line, network, and business broadband services to companies all over the world. The firm’s first-class connectivity is dedicated, secure, and ultimately saleable. Exascale offers the best advice to customers to ensure they make the right choices and guarantee their performance going forward with hosting and network connections that are focused and work for them.
Gamma
From broadband to mobile, Gamma and its channel partners provide connectivity solutions that offer fast, secure and reliable access, no matter your operational size. Critically, we ensure that you select the right combination of services to suit your specific business needs.
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.
Internet Connections
Internet Connections operates an important part of the general network infrastructure of the UK. With points of presence at key data centres throughout Manchester and London, its 10GE level network performance and wide UK coverage provides highly resilient and redundant transit.
IX Reach
IX Reach offers the quality, security and capacity associated with large operators, but with the flexibility, simplicity and customer-focused approach of smaller providers. IX Reach offers exceptional SLAs and once a provider is connected onto IX Reach’s network, they can quickly and efficiently upgrade their capacity.
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.
M247
M247 operates the most advanced hybrid network in the UK. By combining a unique mixture of wired and wireless technology, M247 is able to offer connectivity solutions with one of the best SLA and support packages in the industry.
Neos/SSE
Neos’s telecoms strategy for deploying next generation networks ensures it constantly pushes the boundaries of our 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.
Vispa
Vispa Internet Limited was launched in October 1999 by a small, yet dedicated team who wanted to provide an ISP that would fully meet the demands and requests of their clients within the UK. Their vision has always been to provide a full range of services at affordable and fair price points, where customers are allowed to maintain their own individual identity.
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.
Wavenet
Since 2000, Wavenet has been keeping businesses connected, with a focus on finding the right cybersecurity, communications, and technology solutions so you can focus on what matters most to your business.
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 Manchester MCR1
At Datum data centres, you have the flexibility to build your network according to your preferences by engaging directly with our wide selection of on-site network carriers.
Alternatively, we can provide a pre-configured premium IP transit package, carefully designed to deliver optimal performance and uninterrupted operation. Engineered to eliminate potential single points of failure, it incorporates multiple switches and routers, complemented by a blend of multi-homed Tier 1 providers utilising distinct external fibre routes to enhance reliability.
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 Manchester MCR1
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.