Suffolk Cloud Network

The Suffolk Cloud Network is network infrastructure that provides fast, highly flexible network connections to public sector sites in Suffolk.

It is a partnership between Suffolk County Council and other public sector organisations including the all the district and borough councils, hospitals, and the local NHS integrated care board.

The network is provided by MLL Telecoms, using CityFibre infrastructure. It extends to over 300 public sector sites in Suffolk.

Where possible, connectivity is provided using the CityFibre network that was partly funded by a £5.9 million grant from the Department for Digital Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) Local Full Fibre Networks (LFFN) fund.

The Suffolk Cloud Network is not an Internet Service Provider – it simply provides Connectivity to public sector sites services including schools, offices and the NHS to schools using the funding that has been made from DCMS.

Services are provided on a non-for-profit basis and range from Direct Internet Access to Circuits with filtering options suitable to use in schools.