Lumen fiber services
Customer-operated dark fiber across North American metro and intercity routes, with an optional managed optical network. Provider source
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Coverage and service facts
- Service region Primary geography of the fiber or optical offer. Global marks cross-region networks.
- North America 1
- Markets / corridors Countries, metros and corridors named in the provider’s product or network documents.
- North American metro and intercity routes 1
- Documented offer Dark fiber, wavelength, or both, as the provider sells them.
- Dark fiber + wavelength 16
- Published reach Metro, long haul, or both, as the provider describes its network.
- Metro + long haul 1
- Route footprint mi Published route miles in the provider’s own unit. Footprint scope gives the date and coverage.
- 25,000 1
- Route footprint km Published route kilometers. Other network-length measures sit in Footprint scope.
- Not published
- Footprint scope What the network figure measures, where and when, in the provider’s own terms.
- 25,000+ route miles of low-loss next-generation intercity fiber; 163,000 on-net buildings and 530+ sites with up to 400G on the same product page. 1
- Metro markets Number of metro markets the provider publishes.
- Not published
- DC reach Data centers the provider connects. DC scope says whether they are on-net, connected or serviceable.
- 2,200 1
- DC scope / access On-net, connected or serviceable, with the region covered and named facilities.
- 2,200+ on-net third-party data centers on the dark fiber product page. 1
- Commercial terms Lease, IRU and contract options as the provider states them.
- Custom pricing 1
- Fiber specification ITU-T fiber standards the provider names for its dark fiber.
- Not published
- Engineering / delivery Topology, testing, monitoring, restoration and delivery targets the provider publishes.
- Street-level designs and optional managed optical fiber network. 1
- Wavelength / spectrum offer Optical speeds and spectrum options the provider sells.
- 10G, 100G and 400G on custom paths or predefined RapidRoutes 6
- Build / expansion evidence Dated route builds and expansions, with their stage: planned, under construction or live.
- May 2026: NorthLine, a new Seattle–Minneapolis route for 100G and 400G wavelengths, targeted for service by end-2026. 7
- Ownership / legacy network Acquisitions and mergers behind the provider’s current name.
- Sold its consumer fiber-to-the-home business (Quantum Fiber) to AT&T for $5.75 billion, closed February 2, 2026; Lumen keeps its enterprise and wholesale fiber and its intercity backbone. 8
- AI / hyperscaler project Named AI and hyperscaler fiber deals and builds, with announcement dates.
- Private Connectivity Fabric deals with Microsoft (July 2024), Meta (October 2024), AWS (October 2024) and Google (November 2024): dedicated fiber and new routes between AI data centers. 2345
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