Ethernet

Upgrades

One of the nice features of the Ethernet services is that it can be upgraded. The fact that the link itself can be much higher than the service means the service can be changed quickly. e.g. If you have 100Mb/s link and 10Mb/s internet access you can change to 20Mb/s internet access if you like.

We are happy to change IP addressing, add IP address blocks, or change service configuration whenever you require. This does take support staff time and so we ask you to be reasonable and not expect to change settings every day. There is no charge for support work such as this.

The service is either an inter-site service or an internet access service and has a speed. We can do less than 10Mb/s but it is not a lot cheaper so customers would normally start at 10Mb/s. However you can upgrade to speeds of 20Mb/s, 30Mb/s, 40Mb/s, 40Mb/s, 50Mb/s, 60Mb/s, 70Mb/s, 80Mb/s, 90Mb/s, 100Mb/s, 200Mb/s, 300Mb/s, 400Mb/s, 500Mb/s or 1Gb/s, up to the link speed. You can change speed whenever you like for a small fee, but cannot downgrade within one month of the last upgrade due to the minimum term on the Etherflow.

Normally service speed can be upgraded within 5 working days, although there are longer lead times such as 33 working days in some cases for larger upgrades where we have to provide additional capacity at our end.

The Etherway part of the service (link to premises) has a 12 month minimum term. The Etherflow part of the service (bandwidth) has a 1 month minimum term (since last change of speed).

You can also add extra service connections, e.g. another site-to-site link, or another independent internet link, if you require. Pick the speed you require and we will allocate this to a separate VLAN on your link. There is a charge to add an extra service (same as the upgrade fee for the same amount extra), but this is on a one month minimum term. If you need extra capacity for a short period this may be better than increasing the initial service you have.

The link itself cannot be moved, and so has the minimum term applicable. The Etherflow can be terminated with one month notice, and we can re-assign IP addresses between links as needed, so it is relatively easy to move a service once you have the Etherway link installed.

Contact Sales

email sales@aa.net.uk
phone 03333 400222
(Mon-Fri 9am-5pm)
sms 01344 400222

Contact Support

email support@aa.net.uk
phone 03333 400999
(Mon-Fri 8am-6pm,
Sat 10am-2pm)
sms 01344 400999