CARRIER NEUTRAL DATA CENTER
What Is a Carrier Neutral Data Center?
There are two different models for providing internet service in colocation facilities. One is carrier neutral, and the other is carrier specific. Because a carrier neutral facility gives customers more choices, it is usually the better option.
The carrier neutral model works in your favor because providers compete for your business, which pushes prices down. As a result, Volico customers get more choice of service and lower costs.
Volico’s carrier neutral facilities go beyond space and facilities for your IT infrastructure. You also get simple connectivity to a wide choice of fixed and mobile carriers, ISPs, internet exchanges, and content delivery networks (CDNs). That gives you what you need to build networks that deliver a fast, reliable experience to your end users.
In fact, Volico is independent of any network, hardware, or software vendor. Since we have no ties to a single partner, we can bring a full range of connectivity providers into our facilities. So you get a real choice of providers who compete on performance, service, and price.
Carrier neutral data center vs. carrier specific
With the carrier specific model, you don’t get to pick your internet provider. You choose the facility for your servers, and then whatever carrier it has is the one you use. However, that setup doesn’t let you shop around for the best price on internet service.
At Volico, our Connectivity Hubs connect you with the right carriers for your needs. For example, that could mean a certain type of connectivity, geographic coverage, or segment-specific services. Once you pick a provider, our carrier interconnect services handle the physical connection.
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Why Choose Volico for Your Carrier Neutral Data Center?
Flexibility
Carriers and internet providers may look alike on the surface, but each one pitches its own features. So you need to compare packages, decide which features matter to your operations, and find the carrier that gives you the best value.
Stability
Changes in management, technology, or regulations can hurt a single carrier’s ability to deliver quality connectivity. In a carrier neutral facility, however, you can change carriers on short notice. If a carrier becomes unreliable or its costs jump, you can switch to a better one without leaving your data center.
Redundancy
For most IT operations, downtime is not acceptable. Organizations that demand 100% uptime know the best protection is redundancy, from storage and multiple host servers to diesel generators that run when the grid goes down. The same thinking applies to connectivity, so cross connects to two or more carriers keep you online if one of them fails. Our redundant network infrastructure follows the same approach, with 100% redundant Cisco routing and switch equipment.
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