iomart's Melbourne Hosting brand's in the The Loop

Hosting firm iomart has announced that its Melbourne Hosting brand is now part of The Loop, the dedicated high speed dark fibre network that delivers ultra-fast Internet access to the commercial districts in Manchester.

The Loop is the fibre optic network owned by Gamma that runs for more than 120km beneath the streets of the city. It links the main commercial districts in Manchester with key carrier-neutral data centres via tens of thousands of metres of underground optical fibre, offering an alternative route to traditional networks such as BT.

The Loop now connects Melbourne's two data centre facilities at Manchester's Techno Park - Reynolds House and Turing House - to the city-wide network.

Dominic Monkhouse, MD of iomart, Melbourne's parent company, said: "Ultra-fast connectivity is the key to business growth. By partnering with The Loop we are offering the lowest latency for businesses in Manchester and those with offices in the city. Combined with access to our wider MPLS fibre network that spans the rest of the UK, this means data can be transferred at the speeds necessary for the digital age."

Ashley Griffith, Managing Director of The Loop, said: "The Loop provides a competitive fibre infrastructure alternative for the local market and this new partnership enables Manchester's business community the opportunity to benefit from additional ultra-fast connectivity."

Melbourne provides a range of hosting solutions including dedicated to virtual servers plus colocation backed by 24/7 technical support from its data centre facilities at Manchester's Techno Park.

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