With sophisticated networks and growing bandwidth needs, Metro buyers need a powerful network provider, not just a vendor. Level 3 Communications can help you design and build a comprehensive, end-to-end Metro solution – a scalable solution that is designed to meet your timelines and demands for growth.

The Level 3^® Metro Private Line service uses dedicated, redundant, route-diverse local SONET rings to move data traffic between customer sites, including major data aggregation points in a given geographic area, such as carrier hotels, peering points and ILEC central offices. The Metro Private Line service includes bandwidths from DS-1 to OC-48 as Point-to-Point, Hub or Private Dedicated Ring (PDR) configurations, depending on your business and network needs.

Service Details

• Scale – With deep metro coverage in more than 125 Metro markets worldwide, over 27,000 route miles of Metro fiber, and over 8,000 on-net buildings, Level 3 has developed the breadth and depth of our network to meet your Metro transport needs across town or across the nation.

• Facilities-based network – We own and operate our facilities-based network, so we have direct control over performance and quality.

• Speeds – Available speeds include DS-1, DS-3, OC-3/3c & STM-1, OC-12/12c & STM-4/4c, OC-48/48c & STM-16/16c, and OC-192.

• Comprehensive Services – Our suite of Metro services includes private line, wavelength and Ethernet private line services, for an end-to-end network solution and access to our world-class Intercity network.

• Proven support – We can design, build and operate your network drawing on our deep experience in providing backbone solutions to the world’s most sophisticated customers.

Benefits

Ensuring Quality and Performance
Your high bandwidth, critical applications rely on the survivability of the underlying physical network, owned and operated by Level 3. We have deployed fully mirrored, 24 x 7 network operations centers and have a fully staffed field operations group in each market. And we back our world-class performance with industry-leading SLAs for availability.

Investing in Growth and Network Evolution
Significant, ongoing investments in network scale make Level 3 a provider that can support your growth. Level 3 differentiates itself with a strong willingness to build and further expand our Metro footprint. Additionally, we expect to double our backbone capacity every two years to support growth across a range of services.

Committing to Your Success
Your dedicated team of network architects is the same group responsible for designing the Level 3 Network. Whether you’re launching a next-generation data service or expanding an MPLS-based service internationally, we’re committed to collaborative network and service design.