Why use Interoute's IP Transit product?

The advantage is in the network 

Interoute’s IP Transit Service offers speed, diversity and responsive customer service  on a massive European scale.  Getting the best performance is reliant on the quality of the network that’s delivering the service, and you get the best prices by dealing directly with the network owner.  At Interoute you get both  

Performance

The scale and reach of Interoute’s advanced Next generation network means customers benefit from faster delivery of content and less delay. The scale of our network brings web users closer to interesting destinations so they get faster access to the content they want tosee, and you get happy customers. The speed of delivery is further supported by the unparalleled capacity of our network so the service you receive is uncontended and unrestrained. We’ve recently upgraded the IP network to enable very high speed, very high capacity trans-European communications across its core routes; increasing the IP network capacity to 800 Gigabit per second. This makes it Europe’s largest example of a true multi-serviceMPLS/IP network with an Nx10G super-core. Interoute is also present in 20 of the worlds top Internet exchanges, so we can ensure a direct route for your traffic.

Resilience

However, speed is no good without stability.  The tier-1 ISP club of predominantly North American ISPs are preserving their wholesale transit revenues through an aggressive de-peering exercise which leads to a concentration of routes in few interconnects. As recent failures of these peering relationships have shown the impact to users is significant, with the global Internet being partitioned disrupting users access to content applications and services.  You’ll be pleased to know that because our IP Network is fully diverse with multiple routes, including terrestrial and submarine links, extensive peering and global upstream connections, we can provide you with a truly resilient transit service. Our fibre optic network connects 93 cities in 22 countries across 56,000+ route kilometres of lit fibre and has the capacity to carry a petabit (a billion megabits per second) of traffic. We have also built metropolitan area networks (MANs) in 21 major European centres of business with further city expansion planned. Plus we run the network surveillance, monitoring and customer service from dual operations centres in different countries. This enables us to ensure business continuity and make sure we're always available to give you the best service possible.

IPv6 enabled network

We have also invested in ensuring our network is native IPv6 enabled. So you can have both IPv4 and IPv6 traffic across the same pan European network. We further support this withextensive IPv6 peering relationships giving you a truly future proofed service.  

• IP Transit Product Sheet (PDF 430Kb)
  For more information and a detailed technical specification listing, download the Interoute IP Transit Services product sheet