Lumen

With more than 400,000 miles of fiber-optic routes deployed worldwide, Lumen Technologies operates one of the most interconnected IP backbones on the planet under the AS3356 autonomous system, which resulted in part from the integration of Level 3 Communications in 2017. This network scale enables the connection of data centers, cloud regions, enterprise sites, and government agencies with low latency and high peering density, while supporting 100G and 400G optical interfaces based on DWDM technology for metro and long-haul transport. Lumen’s service portfolio includes high-speed IP Transit at up to 400 Gbps per stream, Wavelengths, Ethernet, Dedicated Internet Access, as well as SD-WAN and SASE solutions for securing hybrid environments. Edge nodes designed to deliver latency of less than 5 milliseconds to major metropolitan areas, along with direct interconnections to AWS, Azure, and Google Cloud, round out an offering tailored for large enterprises, hyperscalers, and content providers seeking scalable mission-critical infrastructure.