Magellan DC-to-DC Connect
With the Magellan Metro DC to DC Connect service, you can get high-speed managed connectivity on predefined express routes between major data centres in metros.
Get cost-effective managed connectivity on long-haul routes that will enable you to expand your network and serve more customers quickly and easily.
Data sheet
| Connectivity options | Active managed connectivity to all major data centres in a metro |
|---|---|
| Non-recurring charge | Connection fee |
| Monthly recurring charge | Monthly lease |
| Lease/payment terms | 1, 3, or 5 years Fixed monthly lease payment |
| Optional redundancy | At 50% of monthly recurring charge of primary link |
| Service configuration | Port-based Link-fault passthrough |
| Interface options | 1Gbit/s / 1oGbit/s / Larger capacities available in selected cases |
| Throughput-rate options | 1Gbit/s–10Gbit/s |
| Service level | 99.5% availability without redundancy 99.9% availability with redundancy |
| Monitoring | Layer 2 service monitoring |
Terms and conditions
Feasibility
- Magellan Metro DC-to-DC Connect provides connectivity to all major data facilities within a metro.
- All orders will be subject to approval from facility owners.
- All orders will be subject to technical and site feasibility.
DFA’s responsibilities
- DFA will hand off the link to you at the meet-me room or carrier meet-me room at the third-party facilities.
Your responsibilities
- Any third-party costs, including facilities, power, rack space, and cross connects, will be for your account.
Configuration changes
- You may permanently upgrade your Magellan Metro DC-to-DC Connect service to a higher throughput-rate bracket without a penalty and without affecting the contract term.
- You may not downgrade a Magellan Metro DC-to-DC Connect service to a lower bandwidth than that of the initial order.
- A configuration fee for downgrades and other configuration changes will apply, which will depend on whether the downgrade must be implemented during office hours or after hours.
Redundancy
- A diverse link is subject to feasibility.
- A diverse link will be configured as an active-standby connection.
- A connection fee for the diverse link will apply.
Terminations and cancellations
- The terms and conditions for termination will be stipulated in the commercial agreement.
- An early termination penalty equal to the contract value of the remainder of the term will apply.
- DFA will waive the penalty for an early link termination if you order another Magellan Metro DC to DC Connect link at the same or a higher contract value as that of the terminated link’s remaining contract term. The following will apply:
- The terminated link will be billed until the new link is built and signed off.
- The new link will have its own full contract term and will be subject to the standard product rules.
- You will need to pay the remaining pro-rata costs for the build, installation, activation, and testing of the new service.
- You will need to pay any third-party costs that DFA may incur as a result of the termination and substitution.
- You will need to pay a connection fee for the new site.
- You will be liable for abortive costs if DFA incurs costs as a result of, among other things, your sites not being ready or you cancelling an order.