Network & sites

Your sites are growing. Applications need to keep up.

Opening a site or dealing with slow applications? Look at the full path: local network, access and connections between locations. Tell us where it happens and what it affects so we can compare options for that situation.

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Business sites connected by a fibre network.

Colt capabilities to consider

Access and SD-WAN policies

Contracted accessIP VPN / Internet
SD-WAN policies
Sites and applications

Policies work over access services: they do not create fibre, coverage or physical diversity.

When it matters

Start with the symptom and its impact on work.

A new site
Identify its address, opening date and essential applications to distinguish access requirements from the local network.
Site, cloud or Internet?
Map destinations before choosing private networking, Internet or both for flows that take different paths.
Calls keep breaking up
Note the time, room and affected users: an active connection can still suffer delay or packet loss.
Changes across many sites
If every change needs different interventions, establish who manages access, equipment and policies.

Criteria for your project

What needs to communicate?
Map sites to applications. Private and Internet traffic may need different paths.
Where does it slow down?
Compare wired and Wi-Fi connections, peak times and applications to separate congestion, local network and remote service issues.
What needs to keep working?
List critical tasks and backup capacity; two connections do not establish two physically diverse routes.
Who operates each layer?
Assign local networking, routing and policies before comparing self-managed and managed services.
What will change next?
Identify new sites and expected peaks to compare fixed capacity with adjustments on eligible services.

Questions worth asking

Does SD-WAN replace connectivity?

No. A software-defined wide area network (SD-WAN) applies policies over IP connections. Review available paths and their performance, then decide which applications can use each. It does not create bandwidth.

IP VPN or Internet?

IP VPN fits private connections between sites; Internet provides access to public services. They can coexist. Bring a list of applications and destinations so we can separate flows and compare routing, security and operations.

How do we check site coverage?

Check the address and service together. A connected building does not confirm every configuration. Provide the full address, capacity and required alternative so Colt can assess viable access for that site.

An isolated product is rarely the complete answer.

A critical new site

Illustrative case: an office needs Internet and telephony. IP Access provides connectivity; the local network connects devices. If continuity is required, compare a second connection and SD-WAN, then test critical tasks on the alternative path.

A hybrid network between sites

Illustrative case: internal applications use IP VPN and public applications use Internet. SD-WAN applies policy over those connections. Check performance, alternative capacity and session behaviour before migrating sites.

Contracted accessIP VPN / Internet
SD-WAN policies
Sites and applications

Policies work over access services: they do not create fibre, coverage or physical diversity.

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Availability, coverage, capabilities, SLAs and timelines are subject to technical validation and contract. No diagram is a service guarantee.

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