Cable landing stations come in various forms. Mainly industrial buildings but here is one on a housing estate hidden inside two houses. The inner walls and floors have been removed to house the fibre terminating equipment. The four large air con units outside give it away. The garage houses the backup generator.
Tag Archives: Internet Backbone
Data Centers in Milton Keynes
Milton Keynes has a number of Data Centres. The Linford Wood area seems to have a particular concentration of data processing companies, data centres, fibre cables and data connectivity providers.
My Mapped Data Centers ( work in progress )
The Secrets of Cornwall by Mark Thomas.
This video fuelled my interest in a more detailed search for the hidden buildings and ducts that make up the Internet Backbone of the UK.
Watched this video several hundred times pausing and following Mark’s journey mapping the sites he visited. Also used a number of sources like Secret Bases and Internet Maps to map other interesting sites. Some sites were found by endlessly and painfully zooming and scrolling Google Maps !
I have made up several KML files locating each these sites and the route of the GTN and other fibre cables.
My Mapped Points Of The Internet Backbone ( work in progress )
My Mapped Points of The National Grid ( work in progress )
Fibre Repeater Sites
Collected from a number of sources like Secret Bases and Internet Maps and some were painfully located on Google Maps by endlessly zooming and scrolling !
The physical side of the internet
Discover the physical side of the internet with Andrew Blum.
The Exciting life of Internet Packet
Some basic technical aspects of the Internet communication and infrastructure. Then worth watching “The Secrets of Cornwall – Part 1 – Communications“
The Secrets Of Cornwall
The Secrets Of Cornwall – Communications
SMBT Fenny Stratford Exchange / Bletchley (MK) – bRAS
Took a trip out to investigate our local bRAS building.
BT Wholesale has ten 20/21CN bRAS which are located at Birmingham, Bletchley (MK), Ealing, Edinburgh, Ilford, Kingston, Manchester, Reading, Sheffield, Faraday. If your ISP uses BT Wholesale for routing then you can be sure that all your traffic will have passed through one of the above bRAS locations.
There are a large number of network companies present at this site as indicated by the network chamber covers outside in the street.
My Mapped BT Exchanges ( work in progress )
My Mapped Eire Telecom Exchanges ( work in progress )
Submarine Cables & Landing Stations
The physical connectivity of the Internet is of great fascination to me. From Submarine Cables and Cable Landing Stations to fibre ducts running up and down the country between Exchanges and POPs.