Private MPLS Network

HOSTLINE delivers a private MPLS network combining Layer 2 connectivity with MACsec encryption – giving international businesses a single, secure backbone to connect locations across the globe. Fast data transfer, minimal latency, and complete traffic isolation, independent of public internet conditions.

What Is a MPLS Private Network?

Connecting multiple locations across different countries over public internet introduces congestion, unpredictability, and security risks that business-critical operations cannot tolerate.

HOSTLINE ‘s private MPLS network operates at Layer 2, with dedicated L2 connections and MACsec encryption – securing data at the link layer using fast algorithms with minimal processing overhead. Only authorised users can connect, traffic travels exclusively over lines allocated to your organisation, and performance stays consistent regardless of external internet conditions.

Think of it as a private highway reserved exclusively for your organisation — with guaranteed lanes, no traffic jams, and a dedicated crew maintaining it around the clock.

Private global backbone

Meet our MPLS Network

Powered by MPLS, our private backbone delivers fast, low-latency, secure connectivity across global locations. With redundant paths and intelligent traffic routing, it keeps business-critical services reliable, efficient, and always connected.

Sites 9 Globally distributed PoPs

Direct links 11 Configured site-to-site circuits

Observability 24/7 Route health and path visibility

Active node Meppel

Role Regional node

Exchanges SPEED-IX Exchange, AMS-IX Exchange

Direct paths 2

Backbone presence with direct circuits to London, Vilnius. Exchange adjacency: SPEED-IX Exchange, AMS-IX Exchange.

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Key Benefits & Features

Predictable, Low-Latency Performance

Mission-critical applications – VoIP, ERP, trading systems, and real-time data feeds – always get prioritised bandwidth over a predetermined private path, free from the jitter and congestion of public internet connections.

Complete Traffic Isolation

Your traffic never touches the public internet. Every customer gets a logically separate environment – no shared infrastructure, no exposure to outside threats, and optional MACsec encryption for additional compliance assurance.

Global Reach, Direct Connections

HOSTLINE’s backbone spans financial and business hubs across Europe, Asia-Pacific, and the Americas – connecting your sites, co-location facilities, and cloud on-ramps in a full mesh, with no central hub bottleneck.

Built-In Resilience

Path-protected routing, redundant connections, and automatic failover keep your network running when individual links go down – with 24/7 NOC monitoring resolving issues before they reach you.

Fully Managed, End to End

HOSTLINE’s engineering team handles provisioning, monitoring, and fault resolution. Your IT team gets full visibility through a live dashboard and regular performance reports – without managing the network themselves.

Scales With Your Business

Increase capacity, extend to new locations, or connect new partners without rebuilding your architecture. HOSTLINE’s infrastructure grows alongside your organisation as it expands into new markets.

Who Is a Private MPLS Network For?

HOSTLINE’s MPLS network services are built for organisations that exchange sensitive data across borders and need that process to be fast, private, and reliable.

Multi-site enterprises

Businesses with offices and operations spread across multiple countries, where consistent data exchange across borders is non-negotiable – whether you run 5 locations or 500.

Financial institutions & trading firms

Trading desks, payment processors, and insurance companies that require deterministic, low-latency connectivity to exchanges and counterparties, with the security and compliance their regulators demand.

Healthcare & life sciences

Organisations exchanging patient data, imaging files, and clinical records across regions, where private transmission is required to meet HIPAA, GDPR, and data-sovereignty obligations.

Managed service providers (MSPs)

IT providers looking to deliver carrier-grade private networking under their own brand, backed by HOSTLINE’s global infrastructure and 24/7 NOC – without building it themselves.

Manufacturers & industrial operators

Factories and logistics hubs connecting OT/SCADA systems, ERP platforms, and remote monitoring across multiple sites and countries on a single resilient network.

Hospitality & retail chains

Hotel groups and retailers keeping POS systems, inventory, and surveillance reliably connected across hundreds of dispersed locations, independent of local internet quality.

Common Use Cases & Applications

Wide Area Network (WAN) Consolidation

Replace fragmented leased lines, VPNs, and internet links with a single private MPLS backbone – simplifying contracts, reducing overhead, and giving you full visibility across all sites in one place.

Unified Communications & VoIP

Voice and real-time data flows get dedicated bandwidth across the private backbone, ensuring consistent call quality and application responsiveness even when heavy workloads are running concurrently.

Hybrid Cloud & Data Centre Interconnect

Connect your private MPLS network directly to AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud – keeping data transfer between your infrastructure and cloud environments entirely off the public internet.

Disaster Recovery & Business Continuity

Replicate critical data between primary and DR sites over a dedicated private backbone. Consistent throughput means your RPO and RTO targets are achievable when you actually need them.

Point-of-Sale & Retail Networks

Keep checkout systems, inventory management, and surveillance reliably connected across hundreds of stores – with the traffic isolation that makes PCI-DSS compliance significantly more straightforward.

SCADA & Industrial IoT

Connect industrial control systems across plants and logistics hubs on a secure, low-latency backbone, with strict segmentation keeping operational and corporate traffic separate at every site.

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What is the difference between MPLS and a standard internet VPN?

An internet VPN still routes your traffic over public infrastructure — meaning it competes with general internet traffic and inherits its unpredictability. HOSTLINE’s private MPLS network keeps your traffic entirely off the public internet, delivering consistently lower latency and more predictable performance than any IPsec-based VPN solution.

Is MPLS still relevant now that SD-WAN exists?

Yes — they are complementary, not competing. SD-WAN manages traffic across multiple transport types, including MPLS. Most organisations use SD-WAN to steer mission-critical workloads over their private MPLS backbone while routing less sensitive traffic over broadband or 4G/5G links.

Can MPLS connect to public cloud environments?

Yes. HOSTLINE’s MPLS network connects directly to AWS Direct Connect, Azure ExpressRoute, and Google Cloud Interconnect — extending your private backbone into cloud environments without traffic touching the public internet.

What happens if a connection fails?

Every critical link is built with redundant routing and automatic failover. The NOC is alerted immediately, and restoration begins without requiring action from your side — your operations continue while the issue is resolved in the background.