Global Switch London 1 has been carefully chosen for its superiour infrastructure, service, security and locality to the core of European Internet communications. Situated at East India Docks in London, the facility is 30 seconds walk from both Telehouse buildings, which house the London INternet eXchange (LINX).

State of the art fire supression systems, based upon Very Early Smoke Detection Alarms to sense heat and smoke before you can even smell it. Accessibility and reliability is key throughout, with raised floring, scalable power expansion, and ofcourse the facility is staffed 24 hours per day, 365 days of the year by experienced staff. Main connectivity coming into the suite is Dual GigE to both Telehouse North and East.

In order that we receive the best service to all locations, direct transit uplink is provided by one of the UK's leading Internet Service Providers, proven in their field. This allows us peering between over 70 of the worlds leading business, consumer and carrier providers.

Some of the UK ISP's on this list include British Telecom, BBC, CableInet, Demon Internet, NTL and Highway One, plus global names such as XO Communications, Energis, AT&T, Microsoft and Verio. Remember, this is just direct peering at the London Internet Exchange, there are also connections at all major European Internet Exchanges, and beyond, so even if a problem occurs, traffic can easily be re-routed around the issue with no adverse effects.

» Direct links to all major Euro Internet Exchanges
» Multiple routes to USA & Europe
» All 100Mbit customer-facing network (+GigE core)
» Dual GigE to Telehouse North & East (LINX)
» Indefinite UPS & generator power backup
» Equipment secured under lock & key
» 3 Hops (less than 1ms) from LINX
» Power is ‘green’ from renewable sources

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