Digital Private Circuits

Exclusive use of your own line

No dialing, no waiting and no engaged signals
Nobody else shares your bandwidth
Available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year, with minimal downtime targets

OverviewIf you need to share applications and data within your company, you need to have an effective, robust and reliable connection between the locations where your people are based. We have two types digital services as shown below.

MegaStream
KiloStream

BT MegaStream Digital Private Circuits

Create secure, high-bandwidth voice & data links between your sites with BT MegaStream Private circuits from 1Mbit/s to 2Mbit/s. You can choose from a wide range of contract options that are inherently flexible and scalable to match your changing requirements. New circuits normally connected in 30 working days, subject to survey, and additional circuits in ten working days (depending on choice of service).

MegaStream Digital Private Circuits are commonly used for:

Linking PBXs to form a network
Linking local and wide area networks
Linking mainframes, or mainframes to servers
Video conferencing
Computer Aided Design (CAD) and Computer Aided Manufacturer (CAM)
Bulk data transfer
Financial information and transactions such as telephone banking

We offer two bandwidth options:

MegaStream 1

Bandwidth 1Mbit/second, availability target 99.95%.

A cost-effective 1Mbit/s solution offering high-speed connectivity
If you don't require this much bandwidth, see KiloStream

MegaStream 2

Bandwidth 2Mbit/second, availability target 99.95%.

Sufficient bandwidth to run simultaneous demanding business applications
Ideal for voice and data backbones
Typical applications include telephone banking, reservation systems and internal voice networks

BT KiloStream and KiloStream N Digital Private Circuits

Because of flat-rate pricing, KiloStream private circuits from 2.4Kbit/s to 960Kbit/s can be cheaper than making heavy use of BT's public network. These are available in 99% of the UK and you can choose from a range of contract options. Our in-depth support includes advice, planning, design, installation and maintenance. Subject to survey, KiloStream circuits are normally connected in 10 working days, and KiloStream N circuits in 30 working days.

Typical applications:

Mixed speech and data networks
Connecting local area networks
Medium bulk data transfer
Financial information and transactions
Remote printing and high-speed faxing
High-speed networked access to applications
Specialist applications including PBX connection, CAD/CAM and video conferencing