Faelix Blog and News

12 July 2023 / by Kennedy / Fibre, Internet, Networks, Data Centre + MA5.

Moving into a New Data Centre with Equinix MA5

We've recently moved from Equinix MA2 to Equinix MA5 - here's or tak on our move to the flagship datacentre in the north of the UK.

01 August 2022 / by Marek / Data Centre, MA5, meta, Network Architecture, Fibre + Tech Deep Dives.

Planning Our Manchester Network Migration

We're deep into project planning our Equinix MA2 to MA5 migration and here's how we're going to change our network in Manchester as part of that process.

26 July 2022 / by Marek / BGP, Routing, VyOS, FRR, Fibre, RFOs + Tech Deep Dives.

Triple Whammy of Loss of Wavelength, Routing Control Plane Crash, and IGP Issues

How three faults aligned to cause a significant outage in our UK network on the morning of 25th July 2022.

23 July 2022 / by Marek / Fibre, Internet, Networks, Data Centre + MA5.

Goodbye, MA2! Here We Come, MA5!

Equinix is going to close its Reynolds House (MA2) facility, and so we begin our journey to the flagship datacentre in the north of the UK.

19 June 2022 / by Kennedy / Fibre, Internet + Networks.

White-label ISP services in Preston

We're providing white-label ISP services in collaboration with National Fibre to deliver gigabit broadband connectivity to 130 flats in Preston.

03 October 2021 / by Kennedy / Case Studies, Data Centre, Fibre + Networks.

Expanding the core network of a wireless ISP

We expanded and added reslience the network of TxRx, in spite of a forced move over Christmas from their existing provider.

31 August 2021 / by Marek / Internet, Wholesale Services, Mobile Networks, Tech Deep Dives + Network Automation.

Real-Time IoT/M2M Network Telemetry and Event-Driven Automation

Explaning how to use our industry-leading IoT and M2M telemetry and APIs to build event-driven software-defined networks.

22 August 2021 / by Marek / Internet, Wholesale Services, Tech Deep Dives, Network Automation + fulcrm.

Broadband Network Telemetry over MQTT

We expose live telemetry and control plane APIs via MQTT, easing the path for customers to create their own network automation using our wholesale platform.

07 April 2021 / by Kennedy / Fibre + Wholesale Services.

Faelix is a Zen Internet Wholesale Partner

Wholesale broadband services bring additional flexibility and agility to our connectivity services portfolio.

19 February 2021 / by Marek / Network Function Virtualisation, Anycast, Routing, Wholesale Services, Tech Deep Dives, Network Automation, Load Balancing, VyOS + Xen.

High Availability L2TP LNS Steering with FreeRADIUS and ExaBGP

The specification, technical design, and implementation details of our L2TP RADIUS tunnel-steering configuration for wholesale XDSL/FTTP services.