The following information provides an overview of our carrier and peering connections to the Internet from our London facility. We use multiple carriers and peers 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 utilising 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.

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

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

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.

For businesses and organizations looking to deploy or extend telecommunications networks flexibly, LambdaNet is the partner of choice. They operate one of the most closely woven fiber and IP networks in Europem, connecting more than 30 cities in 12 countries which also includes links to the US East Coast.

The European LambdaNet network is based on a homogenous, robust fiber optic infrastructure, providing at least two independent lines to connect LambdaNet locations. It shows an organized and clear structure, enabling efficient planning and short provisioning periods. This fiber network is capable of supporting transmission rates as high as 1.1 terabit/s per fiber pair – a data volume equivalent to 13.5 million simultaneous phone calls.

Headquartered in Hanover, LambdaNet has grown rapidly since it was formed in April 1999 and now ranks among the foremost companies specializing in telecommunications services for network operators and service providers.





KPN's international network is a state-of-the-art IP backbone with a seamless footprint extending across major business and financial centres in Europe. The proven EuroRings services combine guaranteed performance and unrivalled experience with an international network footprint. The wholly owned core network is illustrated in the map beneath, together with the planned network extensions for 2003.

KPN European Network Map

Tiscali's pan European network consists of a fully resilient five ring fibre network which is more than 7,500 miles long. Tiscali has Tier 1 peering arrangements with over 300 service providers and is MPLS enabled, meaning it is capable of delivering unrivalled efficiency and reliability.

Tiscali International Network Map

Tiscali has built a distributed network architecture across the UK to support all of it's business services. The architecture contains 13 peripheral points of presence, which provide leased line termination and 2 main Superpops located in Milton Keynes and London.

Tiscali UK Network Map