25/08/2021
So, what is a leased line?
A leased-line is a private telecommunications circuit between two or more locations provided according to a commercial contract. It is sometimes also known as a private circuit, and as a data line in the UK. A leased-line is also the highest grade and most business ready for all connectivity options.
Broadband and leased lines connect to your business premises in different ways. They both still come through a cable, but the difference is to do with how they get to you. With the regular broadband package, you get your internet from the local cabinet, one of those green cabinets that you would see on the side of the road on your street. The green box will have many different cables, copper-wire or fibre that deliver internet to you. The difference comes with how cables are split as the internet gets to you. With regular broadband, the cable gets split between all the premises on your street using that broadband but with a leased line, you will get a dedicated circuit that’s only used for you. Enabling for much faster internet as there is no sharing.
Schools face the challenge of large numbers of users which stresses most broadband systems leading to slower speeds. But with a leased line this will not happen. There is no reduced speed with higher numbers of users, and this is because your school is the only premise using that leased line giving you the maximum possible speed for your school.
With leased line broadband, the upload and download speeds would be pretty much the same, seeing speeds of 100Mb to 1GB per second download speed that is up to 30x faster than other services. The leased line 100 package also allows a school to have the best in what security can offer as it includes: filtering for every device; filtering for pupils at home; reporting; firewall; SLA backed connectivity; and safeguarding training. These are all features directly aimed at schools and keeping pupils safe within the school environment.
