Claranet nears completion of £2.3 million Gigabit network
By Maggie Holland,
Claranet has embarked on the final phase of a £2.3 million network upgrade that makes use of the latest Gigabit switch router (GSR) technology and will help businesses meet both current and future data requirements.
The internet service provider has already deployed seven routers, based on the Cisco XR Series, and plans to make the final router live in its London Docklands data centre by Monday next week.
Once complete, the new eight-router, four-ring network will increase speeds from 1Gb to 10 Gb. It also has built in contingency should a failure occur, ensuring everything switches to a redundant network in a matter of milliseconds.
"We are the first in the UK to build a core network with this router technology," said Mike Rogers, Claranet's technical director.
"This investment achieves a network prepared for the future demands of Claranet's high-performance business customers.
"Our customers don't necessarily know how their data requirements are going to grow. Our network upgrades remove any potential customer concerns by ensuring that the Claranet network can support their future network requirements such as VoIP, video or any other contemporary business critical application. With a quality of service orientated network to our core data centres, we ensure that our customers achieve low latency and jitter for real time applications."
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