About GEANT

Connectivity Services
 

Flexible Connectivity Options

Access to the GÉANT network provides the standard, high bandwidth IP connectivity (GÉANT IP). In addition, GÉANT offers the benefit of a “virtual” private network created by reserving capacity on the network backbone (GÉANT Plus or GÉANT Lambda). These specialised point-to-point connections provide dedicated bandwidth without the cost and difficulty of building and managing a private network.

GÉANT IP
The network’s standard connectivity service provides robust, high-bandwidth access to and across the shared European Internet Protocol (IP) infrastructure.


GÉANT Plus

Provides point-to-point connectivity across reserved, high-speed, guaranteed-bandwidth circuits on pre-provisioned infrastructure. This combines the privacy, security and availability of a private network with the cost-efficiency and robustness of a shared and  managed infrastructure


GÉANT Lambda
 
A bespoke service designed to cater for longer term, extremely data-intensive network connectivity requirements. These connections provide a dedicated, full 10 Gbps wavelength (or set of wavelengths) to deliver high capacity for the most demanding of user projects.





GÉANT users span the full range of disciplines, from Big Science and telemedicine, to earth observation and arts and cultural projects.