Nov, 2003 : Level 3 Unveils Wholesale Private Line Service

📅 November 3, 2003 - Level 3 Communications (level3.com) unveiled today (3)Hub(SM) Private Line, a wholesale "self-service" private line that allows carriers, system integrators and other customers to provision, upgrade, and manage their own metropolitan and long-haul circuits on an as needed, pay-as-you-go basis.

"(3)Hub Private Line is ideal for customers who anticipate bandwidth growth, but want to save money, align revenue with unit cost, and have optimum control for managing their own circuits," said Steve Liddell, senior vice president of private line and transoceanic services for Level 3. "The service represents a new flexibility in private line solutions that enables customers to carve out and self-manage individual circuits that range in capacity from a DS-1 to an OC-48."
According to Level 3, the (3)Hub service provides customers with the ability to create a customized private network that can extend their presence to new markets without the expense of dedicated infrastructure.
"For certain applications and customers, (3)Hub can be a more complete network solution when bundled with (3)Flex Ethernet or another Level 3 transport or IP data service," said Liddell.
A single (3)Hub facility can be defined as a point-to-point SONET or SDH path along which the customer can activate and control one or more private lines. Each of these user-controlled private lines is called a (3)Hub circuit.
Customers can connect to the (3)Hub service throughout the range of traditional SONET and SDH interfaces from DS-1/E-1 to OC-48/STM-16.
Level 3 provides (3)Hub Private Line service in 83 markets.