For a POP, I think it's pretty simple. AFAIK the most connected sites are: 1. Telehouse North 2. Telehouse East 3. 8-9 Harbour Exchange 4. The rest
THN/THE have rooms of different specs. As Simon mentioned, they are nominally 'out of stock' although racks come up every now and then. We were lucky in that we managed to get space in TFMs that have proper dual power. On 15 May 2013 19:31, Gavin Henry <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi all, > > With so many to chose from in the Manchester and London areas what do > you look for when opening a PoP? > > * Customer demand? > * Strategic placement? > * Carrier list? > * Power? > > So many are so close with all the "data centre" specs that I'm unsure > how others select from all the Telehouse N/E/W, Telecity Group, > Equinix ones and others. THN is still the most dense for suppliers, > but from a start up point of view.... > > If you just take the LINX list of PoP's or say Goscomb: > > LINX: > > * Telehouse North > * Telehouse East > * Telehouse West > * TelecityGroup, 6&7 Harbour Exchange > * TelecityGroup, 8&9 Harbour Exchange > * TelecityGroup, Bonnington House > * TelecityGroup, Sovereign House > * TelecityGroup, Powergate > * InterXion London city > * Equinix, London-4 > > Goscomb: > > * Telehouse East > * Telehouse North > * Telehouse West > * Telecity Sovereign House > * Telecity Meridian Gate > * Telecity HEX67 > * Telecity HEX89 > * Global Switch 1 > * Global Switch 2 > * London Hosting Centre > * QiComm Tutis Point > * Bluesquare Maidenhead > * City Lifeline > * LDeX1 > > > The commons ones I see are the Telehouse ones, Sovereign House and > Equinix. We have stuff in Edinburgh and are looking at Equinix and THN > (as we want to direct connect in BT's NAP), but really, how do you > select things down south? > > Thanks, > > Gavin. > > -- > Kind Regards, > > Gavin Henry. > Managing Director. > > T +44 (0) 1224 279484 > M +44 (0) 7930 323266 > F +44 (0) 1224 824887 > E [email protected] > > Open Source. Open Solutions(tm). > > http://www.suretecsystems.com/ > > Suretec Systems is a limited company registered in Scotland. Registered > number: SC258005. Registered office: 24 Cormack Park, Rothienorman, > Inverurie, > Aberdeenshire, AB51 8GL. > > Subject to disclaimer at http://www.suretecgroup.com/disclaimer.html > > Do you know we have our own VoIP provider called SureVoIP? See > http://www.surevoip.co.uk > > Did you see our API? http://www.surevoip.co.uk/api > > -- Ed Butler
