The following information provides an overview of our carrier connections to the Internet. We use multiple carriers to ensure not only that the best path for your data is chosen, increasing the speed at which we can serve data, but also to eliminate a single point of failure in the unlikely event that a carrier were to go down temporarily.

Level 3 has built an advanced fiber-optic network utilizing Internet Protocol (IP) based technology. The Level 3 network combines both local and long distance networks connecting customers end-to-end. The company has 92 markets in service; 72 in the U.S. and 20 in Europe.

North American Intercity Network

The North American intercity network spans approximately 18,900 miles. The 72 U.S. markets in service are Akron, Albany, Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Birmingham, Boston, Buffalo, Charlotte, Chicago, Cincinnati, Cleveland, Columbus, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Durham, El Paso, Fort Worth, Hartford, Houston, Indianapolis, Jacksonville, Jersey City, Kalamazoo, Kansas City, Las Vegas, Long Island, Los Angeles, Louisville, Manchester, Memphis, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Nashville, New Orleans, New York, Newark, Oakland, Oklahoma City, Omaha, Orange County, Orlando, Philadelphia, Phoenix, Pittsburgh, Portland, Poughkeepsie, Princeton, Providence, Raleigh, Richmond, Sacramento, Salt Lake City, San Antonio, San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Santa Barbara, Seattle, Springfield, St Louis, Stamford, Syracuse, Tampa, Toledo, Tulsa, Washington, D.C., White Plains, and Wilmington.

Level 3 North American Network Map

European Intercity Network

The 3,600-mile European intercity network consists of two rings. Ring 1 connects London, Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Paris, Brussels and Karlsruhe. Ring 2 connects Frankfurt, Dusseldorf, Hamburg, Berlin, Munich, and Cologne.

Level 3 European Network Map

Transatlantic Network

Level 3's transatlantic cable spans 6,350 km and was activated in Q4, 2000. It consists of four fiber pairs of which Level 3 owns and operates 50%. Capacity starts at 320 Gbps initially and is upgradeable to 1.28 Tbps. Landing points are in Bude, Cornwall, U.K. and Long Island, New York, U.S.

MCI owns, operates, monitors and maintains one of the largest communications networks in the world, carrying over 50% of all Internet traffic. Their network facilities are throughout North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific region, in more than 140 countries and over 2,800 cities.

MCI owns the world's farthest reaching global network and spans more than 4,500 Points of Presence (POPs) throughout the world. The global IP network can circle the globe more than four times. Additionally, MCI remains the most connected Internet backbone provider with the greatest number of Autonomous System network connections. The company's expansive IP footprint, coupled with its direct interconnections, exceeds all other competitor networks and enables its business customers and ISPs to reach more destinations directly through MCI's global IP backbone than any other carrier.

MCI North American Network Map

Progress Telecom is a leading Southeast U.S. carrier delivering wholesale broadband services from traditional private line capacity to advanced Ethernet and IP solutions. Progress’s fully owned OC-192 (10Gbps) IP network
spans the Southeast U.S. with services to Latin America. Progress’s backbone reaches 12 key cities, including Atlanta, Jacksonville, Daytona, Melbourne, Orlando, Tampa, and Miami; each having fiber metro rings. Their express rings
connecting the major international cable landings in South Florida and their presence in the NAP of the Americas enables Progress to provide services throughout the Eastern U.S. and to major Latin American cities.

Note: Progress Telecom have recently merged with Epik Communications, and are currently developing new network maps. As soon as these are available we will publish them here.