NorthernColo are providers of quality and low-cost co-location space in the North of England.

We are part of Melbourne Network Solutions Ltd, a company dedicated to high levels of customer service within the hosting and related industries.  Melbourne Network Solutions was incorporated in 2000.

In Late 2004, we saw a niche for low priced, but reliable, simple co-location solutions in the North and hence NorthernColo was created.

We offer Co-location space from 1U and upwards in datacentres in Manchester (and soon in other Northern cities), utilising high-spec bandwidth providers for maximum resilience.

We operate from two facilities in Manchester, one of which is owned and operated by ourselves, the other owned by Manchester University; a combination which offers unmatched stability. For more information on these facilities, please click here for infrastructure details.
 

Melbourne is primarily a provider to small and medium sized companies, and as such our key values are as follows:

• Professionalism
  As a business provider, our staff are trained to be professional, helpful and friendly. We have a proactive 'can do' attitude, and are passionate about providing superior customer service.
   
• Contactability
  We aim for all customers to be able to contact us in the manner they prefer. We offer telephone, email and ticket-based support. Each customer has a dedicated account contact who will liaise with support technicians. This means no call centres, queues or incompetent first line support. All our support technicians are trained experts in their fields (Microsoft Certified Professionals, Cisco Certified Network Associates etc) and have years of practical experience supporting critical business infrastructures.
   
• Reliability
  It goes without saying that our aim is to provide a service which operates 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. We think the mark of a good service provider is in how they cope with issues, and as such we have invested significantly in systems and contingency planning to ensure that when issues do occur, we deal with them in the most competent and swift manner.

Services Offered

We are able to provide services in the following categories: Dedicated Servers, Managed Servers,  Internet Transit and Colocation. We do not offer peripheral services such as ADSL or Web Design, but rather, concentrate on providing a select range of services, but doing it well.

Our Network

For maximum control and reliability, we operate a fully redundant and resilient network over our Autonomous System, which means we are completely provider independent. We are members of RIPE and are a Local Internet Registry, meaning we can allocate IP addresses to other organisations. click here for more detail about our network.