Frequently Asked Questions

Compare Leased Lines is single place to shop for a dedicated internet connection. We have wholesale agreements in place with some of the UKs leading leased line providers. This means we are able to provide you with more options, a range of deals based on your individual requirements and business-grade guarantees around service.

While we offer leased lines with up to 10Gb, we know that not every business requires that speed or bandwidth. Based on the information you submit via the quoting tool, we’ll match the best fit to your business, with a range of pricing options.

Leased lines have the capability to unlock savings across your business, especially in relation to the other technology solutions they enable, providing the opportunity to move to reliable cloud-based, less CAPEX-hungry options. In addition, a leased line secures uptime and provides faster, more reliable bandwidth. That can contribute to a positive effect on the overall productivity of your organisation.

The time taken for your leased line to be installed depends on the type of leased line deal that you choose. Typically, a leased line can take between 40 and 60 days to install, however, we do offer some pre-installation options if you need to get up and running quicker. Speak to our team if you require more information on this.

There are a number of factors that dictate the bandwidth you need, everything from the number of employees through to the technology and bandwidth requirements you need for your day-to-day operations. File uploads and downloads, cloud usage, video streaming and hosted voice telephony put different pressures on bandwidth requirements. If you’re uncertain what you need, why not speak to a member of the team who’ll be able to help you.

Compare Leased Lines gathers quotes from the UK’s leading leased line providers, meaning you can access quotes from speeds from 100Mb all the way to 10Gb.

A leased line is a dedicated internet line. Unlike business broadband, which is shared amongst other businesses, a leased line isn’t shared with anyone else (also referred to as uncontended). This means a leased line can give you guaranteed upload and download speeds (also called symmetrical speeds), enhanced reliability and unrivalled speeds. It ensures your business gets the connectivity service it needs.

Connectivity has changed significantly over the last 20 years. A leased line is an enterprise-grade solution delivered over fibre directly into your business. It’s dedicated for your business and does not share capacity with any other organisation. Leased Lines also give ultrafast speeds and enhanced reliability.

Conversely, broadband is a shared consumer style service. It is delivered using older technology over copper wires, soon to be phased out as part of the 2025 PSTN switch off.

A leased line and Ethernet are essentially the same. Dedicated business internet accessing a superfast Ethernet cable is known by many names, including leased line, ethernet or Dedicated Internet Access.

Leased Lines are full fibre connections, sending data at the speed of light. It means it’s faster and more reliable than traditional copper.

And because you’re not sharing the line with anyone else (known as a dedicated private network) you benefit from symmetrical upload and download speeds. It’s the reason so many businesses choose them for an ultrafast and ultra-reliable connection for their technology.

They work by connecting separate locations with a private line. In some instances, the connection is between your business and your supplier network, and in others, it can be a connection between two different locations within your business.

Unlike traditional broadband, a leased line is physically connected to your premises. That means when it’s installed there may be digging required. It’s a process that can take anywhere between one and three months and is dependent on your business’s proximity to the supplier’s main fibre network.

When you’re looking at leased lines, you’ll often have a reference to the size of the ‘bearer’. A bearer is the capacity of the ‘pipe’ that delivers your connection. You may not always use it to its full capacity, but the size you choose indicates the maximum bandwidth you can receive.

For example, if you purchase a 100Mb leased line you can choose for it to be delivered on a 100Mb bearer or 1Gb bearer. Bearers have different price points, as they allow for the flexibility to grow a service in the future, so understanding your current future scalability should always be a consideration

Leased lines are remotely monitored and managed, which means it is known as a managed service. As your leased line isn’t shared – or ‘uncontended’ – it uses a private and secure circuit. You’ll never share bandwidth with another organisation.