High-speed direct connectivity to the cloud

Your high-speed direct connection to the industry’s major cloud providers. Access a range of remote storage and compute solutions securely from your facilities around the world

Keeping clients connected

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Reliable

With ultra low-latency and guaranteed throughput via our uncontended, private media network, FastLane eliminates the congested internet from your route and ensures reliable delivery times, every time.

Flexible & scalable

Whilst Telcos offer fixed, contracted connection speeds that can’t be changed mid-term, FastLane provides media teams with a flexible, low-latency solution to deliver resource-intense cloud compute workflows with granular control and studio-grade security. (i.e. VFX rendering, virtual workstations,transcoding, processing etc). {/} {/} Offering “burstable” connectivity, customers can utilise FastLane and the cloud as and when they need to.

“Using Sohonet FastLane gave us a solution which far exceeded Google’s standalone capabilities, and which just worked. We knew we had a solution in place which would allow us to scale up our render capacity seamlessly to meet demand”

Craig Dibble{/}Lead Render Systems

24/7 Expert Support

Our support team available 24/7/365 on phone or email. Phones are answered by support engineers who are highly trained and responsive and 9 times out of 10 will be able to deal with your issues there and then. This is hugely important for when customers need to “burst” their connection quickly or require immediate expert networking guidance.

Full: Uninterrupted access to different public clouds
Uninterrupted access to different public clouds
Use one service to flexibly switch between multiple providers
Half: quick and easy to deploy
Quick and easy to deploy
Our team will help you optimise the configuration for different clouds and workflows
Half: Control over privacy and security
Control over privacy and security
Skip the risk of the open internet and connect directly to the cloud, giving you full control over your data
Half: Scalable connectivity
Scalable connectivity
Increase or decrease bandwidth as your project requires, and hit speeds as high as 100Gbit/s when needed
Half: ultra-low latency 2
Ultra-low latency
Avoid congestion and enjoy low-latency and guaranteed throughput for fast, reliable transfer
Full: Flexible pricing model
Flexible pricing model
Minimise cloud egress charges and pay for what you use, so you can bid on projects freely

All feature comparison

Starter
Pro
Glow
End-to-end encryption
24/7 support
In channel voice chat
Attendees per session
20
30
40
Resolution
Supports SDR content of up to 2k DCI resolution
Supports SDR content of up to 2k DCI resolution
Supports HDR content of up to 2k DCI resolution
Output
Up to 8-bit 4:4:4
Up to 10-bit 4:2:2
Up to 10-bit 4:2:2
Sound
Stereo
5.1 surround sound support
5.1 surround sound support
Video bitrates
Up to 4 Mbps
(Medium Quality)
Up to 15 Mbps
(Super-High Quality)
Up to 15 Mbps
(Super-High Quality)
Audio bitrates
Up to 128 Kbps
(Medium Quality)
Up to 512 Kbps
(Super-High Quality)
Up to 512 Kbps
(Super-High Quality))
Device support
Supported on PC, MacOs, iOS and Apple TV
Supported on PC, MacOs, iOS and Apple TV
Supported on PC, MacOs, iOS and Apple TV
Colour space
Rec. 709
Rec. 709
Rec. 2020 or P3-D65
Platform choice
Sohonet-supplied physical desktop or rack mount enclosures, your own on-prem VMware or in the Cloud, AWS & Azure (beta)
Sohonet-supplied physical desktop or rack mount enclosures, your own on-prem VMware or in the Cloud, AWS & Azure (beta)
Sohonet-supplied physical desktop or rack mount enclosures, your own on-prem VMware or in the Cloud, AWS & Azure (beta)

All feature comparison

Lite
Starter
Pro
End-to-end encryption
24/7 support
16 channels of uncompressed audio
Max viewers per session
-
5
10
Resolution
2K DCI up to 60FPS. 4K DCI up to 30FPS
2K DCI up to 60FPS. 4K DCI up to 30FPS
2K DCI up to 60FPS. 4K DCI up to 30FPS
Output
Up to 12-bit 4:4:4
Up to 12-bit 4:4:4
Up to 12-bit 4:4:4
Transmission mode
Recieve only
Send & receive
Send & receive
Video bitrates
Up to 150Mbps
(high quality)
Up to 150Mbps
(high quality)
Up to 1Gbps
(Super-High Quality)
Colour space
REC 601, REC 709, REC 2020
REC 601, REC 709, REC 2020
REC 601, REC 709, REC 2020
I/O
SDI output
SDI input & output
SDI input & output
Networking requirements
Consumer DIA
Symmetrical DIA
SMN

Use Cases

Cloud rendering

Draw on the massive compute resources of the public cloud as and when you need to.

Virtual workstations

Rapidly deploy virtual VFX workstations and save on hardware, software, power and cooling.

Cloud acceleration

Access tools for transcoding, watermarking, storage and packaging quickly and securely.

Access cloud storage

Access cloud storage with a burstable, non-Internet pipe enabling secure, guaranteed delivery and up to 80% savings on egress fees

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What our customers say

25+ Years serving the M&E industry

Our team has extensive experience in the area, so we can offer unrivalled knowledge to customers and work to fit your needs

80%

Of major VFX houses benefit from Sohonet services

FastLane arms teams with a flexible, low-latency solution to deliver resource-intense cloud compute workflows securely

23/24

2023 Oscar-Winning projects collaborated on by Sohonet customers

Teams all over the world utilise FastLane to deliver award-winning projects within budget and on time

24/7

Customer support

Our team of highly trained engineers are on-hand to deal with your issue there and then

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