Best for

Growing high‑bandwidth, low‑latency needs and scalable, high‑performance cloud and data center connectivity

Connectivity from datacenters to clouds over private MPLS backbone

Massive, scaled use of AI and cloud infrastructure

Bandwidth Needs

Individual 10G/100G/400G, up to 5TB+

Packet based connectivity 2Mbps – 30G

Massive capacity needs on individual routes, up to 50Tb+ per route

Configuration

Point‑to‑point

Point‑to‑point, point‑to‑multipoint, multipoint‑to‑multipoint

Single point

Management

Lumen managed service providing advanced diagnostics with self‑service options for deeper network insights

Performance insights via Network Visibility Dashboard in Lumen® Control Center

Benefits of network ownership without having to build it themselves

Customer premises equipment

Dense Wavelength Division Multiplexing (DWDM) equipment can be deployed at the customer edge

UNIs (User Network Interface)

Dedicated DWDM equipment and fiber

Key Features

• Topology viewer
• Laser
• Proactive notifications
• Optical layer encryption
• Latency SLAs

• Secure and private layer 2 network
• Bandwidth flexibility
• Latency SLAs

• Dedicated Network Operations Center (NOC) for managed dedicated fiber customers
• Custom Control: Managed scalability, capacity and network management, reliability and network uptime
• Can be combined with Managed Optical Fiber Network (MOFN) for true bandwidth management, scalability and control
• Uptime SLAs

Diverse routing and custom transparent network design (including private data networks)