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#1PEERED GLOBAL NETWORK — CAIDA AS RANK JAN 2025

IP VPN hero — cold-light technical photography substitute for AS3356 backbone

340Kfiber route milessource

163Kon-net buildingssource

<5mslatency to 97% of U.S. business demandsource

350+ Tbpstotal global IP capacitysource

Connectivity portfolio

Dedicated Internet Access

Direct fast lane to 6,500+ interconnects with speeds up to 100 Gbps on the #1 peered global network.

6,500+ unique AS interconnects
Up to 100 Gbps
99.999% SLA

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Ethernet

Up to 400 Gbps services with 99.999% SLA on metro Ethernet rings across U.S. and Canada.

400 Gbps services
99.999% SLA
Metro + long-haul

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IP VPN

Hybrid flexibility — leverage both private and public transport on a single circuit at no extra cost.

Two networks for the price of one
Built-in DDoS protection
Global reach

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SD-WAN

Accelerated network agility across MPLS, broadband, and Wi-Fi connections — 6,300+ unique AS interconnects.

Multi-vendor (Fortinet/Versa/Cisco/VMware)
Built-in security
Pro-managed

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Wavelength Solutions

Dedicated 400 Gbps connectivity. #1 U.S. Wavelength Services Provider for the fifth consecutive year.

#1 U.S. Wavelength provider
400 Gbps capacity
20-day SLA

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Dark Fiber

Full ownership and design flexibility on the world's most peered IP network — 25K+ route miles of low-loss next-gen fiber.

25K+ low-loss route miles
Customer-owned design
20-day SLA

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Internet On-Demand

5-minute activation; 10M+ U.S. locations; up to 100 Gbps; no long-term contracts; pay-as-you-go.

5-min activation
10M+ locations
Pay-as-you-go

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IP VPN On-Demand

Real-time activation of private connections to AWS, Azure, Google Cloud, Oracle. 50 Mbps – 25 Gbps.

Real-time activation
Major-cloud direct
50 Mbps–25 Gbps

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Ethernet Fabric Connect

Private SLA-backed Layer 2 Ethernet between data centers, clouds and sites. 99.999% SLA; 50 Mbps–100 Gbps.

99.999% SLA
L2 private
50 Mbps–100 Gbps

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FROST & SULLIVAN — 2026 DIA PROVIDER OF THE YEAR

Recognized by analysts. Trusted by enterprises.

WAVELENGTHS

The largest ultra-low-loss intercity fiber network in North America

~340,000 global fiber route miles. Industry-leading 20-day SLA. #1 U.S. Wavelength Services Provider for the fifth consecutive year (Vertical Systems Group). 550+ sites providing flexible routing options.

Two networks for the price of one.

The footprint

340Kfiber route milessource

163Kon-net buildingssource

<5mslatency to 97% of U.S. businesssource

6,500+unique AS interconnects (DIA)source

Hanmi Bank

“Keeping our core network infrastructure with the same company, same bill and same team is extremely beneficial. We rely on the Lumen Network being stable and diversely peered.”
— Matthew Spero, SVP, IT Infrastructure, Hanmi Bank

~40%telecom expense reduction

$1.2Mannual savings

Alliances

Cisco