How AMVIA Scaled Managed Connectivity for Cubo's Co-working Network
Cubo operates a growing network of premium co-working spaces across the UK. As the business expanded to new sites, it needed a connectivity and communications infrastructure that could scale consistently — without each new site requiring a bespoke solution. AMVIA delivered a standardised, managed approach.
Standardised leased line and network infrastructure across six Cubo co-working locations — with a consistent managed service at each.
AMVIA's templated deployment approach reduced new site activation from 60+ days to under 30 days from contract to live connectivity.
Managed leased lines with 4G failover achieved over 99.9% measured availability across the Cubo network in the 12 months following deployment.
The Challenge
Cubo provides premium co-working and serviced office space across multiple UK locations. As a serviced office operator, the quality of connectivity is a core part of what members pay for — a slow or unreliable internet connection directly affects Cubo's reputation and member retention.
1 Gbps leased line: £437–£994/month depending on provider and location. Alternative providers (CityFibre, Hyperoptic) cluster at £450–£550/month vs. incumbents (BT, Vodafone) at £700–£1,000/month. (AMVIA)
Area 3: 46% of UK postcode sectors — limited competition; Openreach must provide dark fibre at cost-based prices (ISPreview)
As the business expanded to new sites, the challenge was not just deploying connectivity at each location — it was doing so consistently, quickly, and in a way that created a manageable, uniform infrastructure rather than a patchwork of different suppliers, contracts, and technologies.
Cubo's existing approach involved dealing with individual carriers and local ISPs at each site, with different contract terms, different hardware, and no central visibility of network performance. When issues arose at a site, diagnosing the cause and managing the resolution was time-consuming. The operations team needed a single managed service provider who could take ownership of the full connectivity estate.
The Approach
AMVIA conducted a connectivity audit across all Cubo sites, reviewing existing circuits, hardware, and contract positions. Working with Cubo's operations director, we designed a standardised connectivity architecture — a 1Gbps dedicated leased line at each site, backed by a 4G failover router, all managed through AMVIA's centralised network management platform.
Rather than recommending the same carrier at every site, AMVIA sourced the best available circuit at each location using our multi-carrier platform — comparing Openreach, CityFibre, and alternative carriers to identify the most cost-effective and fastest-to-provision option at each postcode. This carrier-agnostic approach delivered both speed of deployment and pricing advantages over a single-carrier approach.
A standardised hardware configuration — Cisco Meraki MX routers with 4G failover dongles and Meraki Wi-Fi — was deployed at each site, enabling central management through a single Meraki dashboard and feeding performance data into AmviaIQ for unified monitoring.
The Technology Deployed
The core infrastructure at each Cubo site included: a dedicated 1Gbps leased line (carrier selected per-site based on availability and pricing); a Cisco Meraki MX router configured with 4G failover; Cisco Meraki MR Wi-Fi access points providing segmented Wi-Fi — separate networks for Cubo members, Cubo staff, and back-office systems; and AmviaIQ monitoring providing real-time bandwidth analytics, uptime tracking, and anomaly detection.
The Meraki platform's centralised management meant that Cubo's IT contact and AMVIA's network team could see the status of all sites from a single dashboard — with automated alerting for any connectivity or hardware issues, and remote troubleshooting capability without requiring an engineer on-site for minor issues.
The Outcome
The standardised managed connectivity service transformed Cubo's network operations. The time required to activate connectivity at a new site fell significantly — from the 60+ days associated with individual carrier negotiations and hardware procurement to a repeatable, templated deployment that AMVIA manages end-to-end.
Members experienced a consistent, high-quality connectivity environment across all Cubo sites. The 4G failover configuration meant that brief carrier outages did not result in total connectivity loss — the failover typically activated within 30 seconds of a primary circuit fault, maintaining continuity for members during fault resolution.
Cubo's operations team gained central visibility of their entire network through AmviaIQ, eliminating the need to reactively manage individual site issues. AMVIA handles all carrier relationships, fault management, and hardware maintenance — providing Cubo's operations team with a single point of contact and a consistent managed service experience across the full estate.
As Cubo continues to open new sites, AMVIA's template-based deployment approach allows the business to scale its connectivity infrastructure at speed — with each new site provisioned to the same standard as the rest of the network.
Network Performance — Before & After AMVIA
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