Leased Lines
Power your operations with a dedicated internet line. Our leased lines provide your business with a private, high-bandwidth connection—reserved exclusively for you.
Experience unmatched performance for your cloud applications, VoIP telephony, and data-intensive tasks, with the flexibility to scale your bandwidth as your business grows.
A leased line, or Dedicated Internet Access (DIA), is a high-performance, uncontended fibre optic connection providing a direct point-to-point link between your premises and the service provider’s network. Unlike shared broadband services, which are contended, a leased line is reserved exclusively for your business, ensuring consistent, symmetrical speeds and low latency.
Technical Features
A leased line establishes a private data circuit, usually via fibre optic cable, that is not shared with other users. This eliminates the performance fluctuations common with public broadband networks that experience heavy congestion during peak times. The contention ratio is 1:1.
Leased lines provide equal, guaranteed upload and download speeds, unlike asymmetrical broadband, where download speed is significantly faster than upload speed. This is critical for businesses that rely on cloud services, VoIP telephony and transferring large files.
By creating a more direct path for data, a leased line minimises signal delay (latency). This is crucial for real-time applications such as video conferencing, VoIP and online trading, where minimal lag is essential for optimal performance.
A leased line’s speed is typically described with two numbers: the line speed and the bearer speed (e.g., 100/1000 Mbps). The line speed is the contracted speed you receive, while the bearer speed is the maximum speed the underlying fibre circuit can support. This allows for simple, rapid upgrades to increase bandwidth without needing new cabling.
Reputable providers monitor the connection 24/7 and include stringent Service Level Agreements (SLAs) with guaranteed uptime and rapid fault resolution. For maximum resilience, some setups use two different bearers or a secondary connection (e.g., 4G/5G) for automated failover