Cross Connect & Installation Fees

Cross Connects

At these sites LINX provides the fibre

PoP	Cable Type	Termination	Non-recurring fee
Telehouse North / East/ West	2x Single mode (9/125) fibre pair	SC/PC, LC/PC, or FC/PC	£950 allows for two connections
Telehouse North2 / South	Single mode (9/125) fibre pair	SC/PC, LC/PC, or FC/PC	£950 allows for one connection

Cabling may be installed on a new 1U patch panel, patched to an existing panel or left loose in rack.

A one off £200 installation charge is also billed for each new service or changes in existing service, carried out by the LINX team.

Installation Fees

Sites where the LINX member provides the cross connect

LAN	PoP	Installation fee per port
LON1/ LON2	Equinix, Digital Realty, Interxion	£200
LINX Manchester	Equinix, M247, TeleData, & Lunar Digital (all Manchester sites)	Free
LINX Wales	Vantage Data Centers (Newport)	Free
LINX Scotland	Data Vita & Pulsant (all Scotland sites)	Free
LINX NoVA	Coresite, Digital Realty, Iron Mountain & QTS (all NoVA sites)	Free

A one off £200 installation charge is also billed for each new service or changes in existing service, carried out by the LINX team.

Private Interconnect – Intrasite

LINX installs and provides maintenance of single-mode fibre cables between a LINX PI rack and the member rack within the same building. Patch leads are not provided.

PoP	Cable Type	Termination	Pairs	Non-Recurring Fee	Annual Recurring Fee*
Digital Realty Sovereign House	Single mode (9/125) fibre	SC/PC, LC/PC, or FC/PC	6	£3000	£500
Telehouse North	Single mode (9/125) fibre	SC/PC, LC/PC, or FC/PC	8	£2000	£500
Telehouse East	Single mode (9/125) fibre	SC/PC, LC/PC, or FC/PC	8	£2000	£500
Telehouse West	Single mode (9/125) fibre	SC/PC, LC/PC, or FC/PC	8	£2000	£500
Telehouse North Two	Single mode (9/125) fibre	SC/PC, LC/PC, or FC/PC	8	£2000	£500

*Please note this recurring fee will only be applicable to new services ordered from 1st July 2021.

Any orders placed between 1st January 2021 and 30th June 2021 must order an initial patch prior to 1st July 2021 or be subject to the £500 annual recurring fee.

There is also a one-off fee of £100 per Intrasite connection order/request. Each patch will be carried out as soon as possible from request.

There is the option of an additional £400 one-off fee (£500 total) to expedite any PI patch requests within a 24 hour deadline. This fee is to cover LINX’s costs of sending an engineer to site for an unscheduled visit.

LINX PI Service Contact us

Private Interconnect – Intersite

To enable private interconnects between Telehouse sites, a cross connect (single-
mode fibre) is required between the LINX PI ODF in each building. All Intersite services
require an existing connection to the Private Interconnect – Intrasite service.

PoP	Non-Recurring Fee	Annual Recurring Fee*
Telehouse North, North Two, East & West	£1000	£2400

* Please note that for Telehouse North2 this recurring fee will only be applicable to new services
ordered from 1st July 2021. Until this time there will be a one-off fee for installing Intersite PI at
Telehouse North2 of £3900.

LINX PI Service Contact us

Bi-Directional Optical Transceivers

A £200 fee is charged to install Bi-Di optics.

This product is only available at LINX Manchester at this time

Additional services