Fibre rings provide high reliability
Redundancy is an important principle within network engineering.
Redundancies are built into networks to achieve high reliability.
If a fibre path or piece of equipment in the network fails,
services are maintained by switchover to a secondary access path or
redundant equipment.
At GlobalConnect our entire network is constructed according to
redundancy principles. This means that our reliability is in a
class of its own even in the very rare instance of serious
mishap.
How we build redundancy into your network solution:
Our entire nationwide fibre network is constructed in fibre
rings. If there is any break or other disturbance on a connection,
there's always a second access path for the link, and the service
is not interrupted. This architecture provides high
reliability.
Our own critical sites - ie. data centres and telecommunication
sites - are usually provided with more than one fibre path into the
buildings. This means that there are always multiple routes of
transmission to and from the main hubs of our network.
Many of our customers prefer to operate with multiple fibre paths
into their buildings. This helps them to maintain the highest
possible reliability for a private network solution, such as a
Carrier Ethernet-based Private LAN.