Tag: CenturyLink

August 13, 2021

Fresh data released by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission (FCC) about the country’s internet service providers packed some surprises, with perhaps unexpected candidates taking top honors for broadest coverage and greatest fiber access within their footprint. The FCC data, which […]

February 24, 2021

Lumen is making good on a pledge to continue evolving its bare metal edge commuting services with an announcement this week of online procurement for its edge computing services. The company said in a press release that enterprise customers using […]

May 20, 2020

CenturyLink yesterday detailed a bit of what it has been working on lately. The company says that in 2019 it built fiber to an additional 18,000 buildings of all types across its global footprint. That buildout included extensive metro investments […]

May 19, 2020

CenturyLink is mashing the gas pedal on the build out of its fiber network that serves its residential and business customers. In 2019, CenturyLink expanded its fiber network to reach an estimated 300,000 additional homes and small businesses with its […]

April 22, 2020

For the second straight year, AT&T, Hughes and Verizon, respectively, held down the top three spots on Vertical Systems Group’s Leaderboard. Following those three, in order were, CenturyLink, Windstream, Aryaka and Comcast. Those top-seven service providers each accounted for 2% […]

April 13, 2020

CenturyLink’s decision to build adaptive networks is paying off during the coronavirus pandemic. CenturyLink uses “adaptive networks” to describe its software-defined networking (SDN) and network functions virtualization-based networks. Laurinda Pang, CenturyLink’s president of international and global accounts management, cited her […]

April 8, 2020

There are more than one million commercial buildings and data centers across the U.S. that have on-net access to fiber-based network services, according to Emerging Networks Service (ENS) Fiber Plus research from Vertical Systems Group. While fiber availability increased to […]

April 2, 2020

For the fourth straight year, AT&T ruled the roost for on-net fiber lit buildings in the U.S., according to research by Vertical Systems Group. Rounding out the top five on Vertical System Group’s Leaderboard, were, in order, Verizon, Spectrum Enterprise, […]

March 31, 2020

CenturyLink has moved quickly to help hook up some medical infrastructure this week. They quickly installed and donated high speed connectivity to the US Naval Ship Mercy when it arrived in LA on Friday. DISA needed a 1Gbps Ethernet circuit […]

March 30, 2020

Comcast Business has notched a 10-year, $9.3 million contract from the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) to deploy Ethernet gateways. DISA will use the commercial Ethernet gateways to provision Ethernet connections to its Defense Systems Network (DISN) in the […]

March 16, 2020

CenturyLink is building out some new metro fiber in Tennessee. They are investing in a new 59-mile fiber ring to hook up Collierville, which lies southeast of Memphis. The new fiber will reach across the border to Olive Branch, Mississippi […]

March 11, 2020

CenturyLink’s fiber march continues in Tennessee with the addition of a 59-mile ring in a growing area southeast of Memphis. The new fiber ring, which is slated to be finished in the fall, will bring faster speeds and more data […]

February 28, 2020

Working in tandem with Ciena and Juniper Networks, Verizon recently completed a test that pushed 800 Gbps of data across a single fiber wavelength. Verizon’s 800G trial on its live fiber network was notable because it showed equipment interoperability from […]

February 28, 2020

Kudos to Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser and his team for shining a bright light on the long-standing, shady process communications carriers have relied on to generate lines of revenue that masquerade as government-mandated assessments. In response to many consumer […]

February 24, 2020

CenturyLink ended 2019 on top of Vertical Systems Group’s Ethernet Leaderboard while Spectrum Enterprise vaulted over Verizon for third place. AT&T was second overall while Verizon came in fourth followed, in order, by Comcast Business, Windstream Enterprise and Cox Business. […]

February 24, 2020

Scandinavia may be getting another submarine cable connection. Altibox Carrier and Xtera have begun construction of a new repeater-based cable between the UK and Norway. It will feature 8 fiber pairs between Stavanger and Newcastle, and should be in place […]

February 13, 2020

CenturyLink CEO Jeff Storey said his company’s transformation plan for last year and the continued deployment of fiber have paid off for the telco. During Wednesday’s fourth quarter and full year earnings call, Storey said CenturyLink expanded its addressable market […]

February 6, 2020

CenturyLink is pushing fiber to dams in Oregon and Washington to help the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers modernize its infrastructure. The network operator won five contracts valued at a total of $3.4 million over five years. The contracts were […]

January 30, 2020

As expected, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced on Thursday its new Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) for faster broadband speeds in order to help close the digital divide in rural areas. RDOF will push out up to $20.4 billion […]

January 22, 2020

Score another government win for CenturyLink. Coming on the heels of last week’s $1.6 billion contract with the U.S. Department of Interior, the telco announced it has won a task order to provide secure connectivity to the U.S. Department of […]