Manchester Science Parks maximise optical fibre network

Digital media companies benefit from new media server offer at offices in North-West

Article posted: 29 Dec 2010

Manchester Science Parks has teamed up with its tenant, Melbourne Server Hosting, to create a high-speed broadband and media server offer that will benefit existing tenants of office space in the North West at its Corridor site and make it the ideal location for digital and creative companies.

The package, exclusively available to msp Corridor tenants, was designed to take advantage of the site’s location at the north-western hub of England’s optical fibre network. Tenants taking up Melbourne’s offer will receive 100 MB broadband at an extremely competitive rate.

New and existing tenants working in the digital and creative sectors can also choose to have access to a media server with a 500GB capacity and web interface, allowing the rapid upload and download of large files.  

Jane Davies, msp chief executive, said of the offer: “Manchester and the north west is fast becoming a centre of excellence for digital and creative companies. We need to ensure that the underlying infrastructure necessary to the growth of this sector, high bandwidths and fast broadband, is made as accessible as possible. 

“A fast and reliable internet connection is a must have for any business yet many digital and creative companies, especially start ups, can be hampered by prohibitive broadband and server costs.

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Posted by Julie Tucker