National Long Distance
Connect South Africa — and Beyond
As data demands grow and businesses expand across borders, reliable high-capacity backbone connectivity is no longer a luxury — it is the foundation on which everything else is built.
What is NLD?
Dedicated inter-city connectivity.
National Long Distance circuits are dedicated, high-capacity links that connect geographically dispersed sites, typically between major metropolitan areas such as Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban. Unlike shared broadband infrastructure, NLD circuits offer predictable, symmetrical throughput with hard SLA commitments, making them the backbone of choice for service providers and large enterprises.
AgileSP operates carrier-grade NLD infrastructure anchored at its Teraco data centre presence in Johannesburg (JB1 and JB3), Cape Town, and Durban, giving customers the ability to interconnect across South Africa's commercial hubs with a single provider, over a single network.
Built for carriers
Available to everyone.
AgileSP's NLD service was designed with ISPs and carriers in mind. The same infrastructure that carries AgileSP's own IP transit traffic, anchored to global networks in London and Amsterdam, forms the backbone that our NLD customers connect into.
This means your inter-city circuits are not riding a congested, oversubscribed network. They are routed across dedicated, engineered paths with full traffic engineering and quality-of-service controls.
Features
Key features.
High-capacity circuits
Scalable from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps and beyond, designed to grow with your business.
Low-latency paths
Routes engineered for minimum hop count between Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban.
Carrier-grade SLA
Guaranteed uptime commitments with 24/7 NOC monitoring and rapid fault resolution.
Diverse routing
Physically diverse paths available for mission-critical links requiring maximum resilience.
On-net data centre access
Terminate directly into Teraco JHB, CPT, or DBN for seamless cross-connects.
Scalable provisioning
Add capacity or new city pairs without lengthy lead times.
Reach beyond South Africa
Cross-border connectivity.
AgileSP's infrastructure does not stop at South Africa's borders. Our backbone extends beyond the domestic market, serving carriers and enterprises with cross-border connectivity requirements across Southern and East Africa. For businesses and carriers with regional operations, AgileSP's NLD service provides the South African on-ramp and a single partner of record for connectivity that extends across the continent.
Who is NLD for?
Built for networks that cannot compromise.
ISPs and WISPs
Inter-city capacity to backhaul traffic from regional PoPs into your core network.
Mobile Network Operators
Reliable inter-city transport for mobile backhaul aggregation.
Enterprises
Dedicated links between offices, data centres, and disaster recovery sites in different cities.
Content and cloud providers
High-capacity backbone to distribute content across South Africa from a central origin.
International carriers
A South African on-ramp with inter-city reach for African network expansion.
FAQ
Frequently asked questions.
- What cities do you connect?
- AgileSP NLD circuits connect Johannesburg, Cape Town, and Durban — South Africa's three major commercial hubs. Additional city pairs and cross-border routes are available on request.
- What speeds are available?
- NLD circuits are available from 1 Gbps to 100 Gbps and beyond. Capacity is scalable — start with what you need today and upgrade as your traffic grows.
- Is redundant routing available?
- Yes. Physically diverse A+B paths are available for mission-critical links, with independent monitoring and fault detection on each path.
- Where do circuits terminate?
- NLD circuits terminate at AgileSP PoPs in Teraco JB1, JB3, CT1, and DB1. Customers colocated at these facilities benefit from same-building cross-connects with zero external hops.