Transcript 20060615-internet2network

Level 3 Communications
Internet2 Community Design Workshop
Level 3: Who We Are
Premier wholesale provider of services over one of the world’s newest
and most advanced network platforms
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33,300-mile broadband fiber optic network across the U.S. and Europe
One of the largest Internet backbones in the world
Large and growing number of network routing options
Expanding Metro footprint
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4 metro acquisitions recently announced or closed
Almost 22,000 metro/regional route miles
More than 110 unique metro fiber markets
5000+ on-net buildings
14 cable landing stations
Broomfield Headquarters
Key enabler of VoIP
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Local VoIP service covers 93% of U.S. population
E-911 VoIP coverage for 91% of U.S.
households within the top 25 metro areas
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A World-Class Customer Base
Largest and fastest growing networks rely on Level 3:
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Research and academic institutions
Government agencies
Wireless companies
Cable companies
Voice Services Providers
RBOCs, ILECs, and International PTTs
Internet Content Providers
Media and entertainment companies
Customers include:
 9 of the world’s 10 largest telecom
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providers
Top 10 U.S. ISPs, which serve 70%
of all online users
9 of the 10 largest U.S. cable companies,
covering 80% of all cable subscribers in
the U.S.
Top 5 wireless service providers in the
U.S., with 167 million subscribers
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What Makes Level 3 Different?
Experience constructing Research and Education networks
Ties to the Education community
Scalability, reach and flexibility: a unique mix
Breadth of solutions
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Leader in Waves, Fiber, IP, VoIP, Vyvx and Professional Services
Expanding network footprint
Consistent operational superiority
Customer rankings
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Backbone Leadership
Nation’s Largest Next-Generation Network
Stockholm
Seattle
Portland
Minneapolis
Eugene
Boise
Ogden
Cheyenne
Lincoln
Kansas City
Denver
San Francisco
San Jose
Colorado Springs
Oakland
Modesto
Tulsa
Fresno
San Luis Obispo
Santa Barbara
Las Vegas
San Bernardino
Riverside
Los Angeles
Orange County
San Diego
Memphis
Durham
Greensboro
London
Spartanburg
Dusseldorf
Cologne
Brussels
Frankfurt
Karlsruhe
AC-1
Apollo North
Apollo South
Norfolk
Berlin
Leipzig
Munich
Paris
Geneva
Raleigh
Little Rock
Hamburg
Amsterdam
Yellow
Zurich
Milan
Charlotte
Wichita Falls
Phoenix
Fort Worth
Tucson
Kalamazoo
Nashville
Oklahoma City
Stratford
Toronto
Syracuse
Lansing
Troy
Detroit
Albany Springfield
Boston
Rochester
Worcester
Buffalo
Providence
South Bend
Des Moines
Hartford
Poughkeepsie
Cleveland
Toledo
New Haven
New York City
Stamford
Springfield
Akron
Jersey City
Pittsburgh
Columbus
White Plains
Newark
Indianapolis
Princeton
Cumberland
Dayton
Philadelphia
Cincinnati
Wilmington
St. Louis
Baltimore
Washington, D.C.
Louisville
Richmond
Omaha
Salt Lake City
Reno
Sacramento
Grand Rapids
Green Bay
Madison
Milwaukee
Chicago
Dallas
Jackson
El Paso
Bryan
Austin
San Antonio
Laredo
Houston
Corpus Christi
McAllen
Birmingham
Atlanta
Madrid
Baton Rouge
Jacksonville
New Orleans
Daytona Beach
Orlando
Tampa
Melbourne
West Palm Beach
Ft. Lauderdale
Miami
Harlingen
Level 3 Transport Network
Intercity and Metro Transport Market
Intercity Transport Market
Intercity and Transoceanic Network Routes
Map updated on February 10, 2006.
Routes and markets are subject to change.
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Backbone Leadership: Scalability
On-going investment in network; even as competitors are scaling
back
 Deployed new platforms at the DWDM, IP and PL switching layers across entire
network during 2005
 Overbuilt the vast majority of the network in less than nine months
 25% capital investment increase in the long-haul network in 2005 over 2004
Capacity that can scale rapidly to meet demand
 IP backbone capacity tripled between Q305 and Q106
• More than 470 Gbps of global peering capacity
Next-gen DWDM enables deployment of larger amounts of
bandwidth at one time
 Increments of 100 Gbps
 Next-gen DWDM provides roadmap to 40 Gbps waves and 10 GigE LAN PHY
Multi-conduit network allows for quick fiber upgrades
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Backbone Leadership: Reach
Designed from ground up to support IP and cutting edge technologies
 33,000 route miles on long-haul fiber
 22,000 routes miles of metro network
 150 markets - lit long-haul services
 110 markets - lit metro services
Unique network footprint
 Extensive existing fiber connectivity with the higher education and research community
 High degree of routing diversity
 Interconnects to many of the key bandwidth aggregation points and Regional Optical
Networks
WilTel footprint acquisition
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Reach will grow further with metro/regional acquisitions
 Closed: Progress, ICG; announced: Telcove, Looking Glass
 Over 5000 buildings with fiber connectivity once acquisitions are complete
Combination of multi-conduit and metro fiber allows for easy and
inexpensive interconnection
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Backbone Leadership: Breadth of Services
Comprehensive portfolio of wholesale backbone services, including:
 Wavelengths
 Private Line
 IP Transit
 Dark Fiber
 Professional Services
 Vyvx - Video Services
Unparalleled experience designing, building and scaling large, backbone
networks
 Expertise to tailor solutions to meet specific customer needs
 True technical experts who know the Level 3 Network’s anatomy precisely
 Online access to detailed, geocoded “as-builts” directly from technical experts’ desks —
an industry exclusive
Simplicity
 Eliminate the need to manage multiple service providers across network layers
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and services for all locations
Concentrate on core business by leveraging Level 3
to design, build and operate the network
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Backbone Leadership: Performance
Consistently ensures a high level of end-user performance
End-to-End Backbone Solutions
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100.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
99.9964%
100.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
Nov-05
Dec-05
99.9999%
99.9999%
Oct-05
Sep-05
Aug-05
Jul-05
Jun-05
May-05
Apr-05
99.9904%
99.9459%
99.5665%
99.9888%
98.8773%
99.9473%
99.9762%
99.9954%
Dec-05
Nov-05
Oct-05
Sep-05
Aug-05
Jul-05
Jun-05
96%
Unprotected Transport Network Availability
averaged above 99.9821% - April 2006
May-05
97%
Apr-05
98%
Mar-05
98.4020%
99.9999%
99.9981%
Transport Unprotected Network Availability
100%
Jan-05
 Wavelength installed base grew 7X
Mar-05
[Insert new Level 3 intercity
transport map and backhaul
map here.]
Feb-05
96%
Dec-04
(CAGR of 70%)
100.0000%
97%
99%
In the last four years:
 Private Line installed base grew 8X
99.9997%
Protected Transport Network Availability
averaged 100.0000% - April 2006
Multi-level security in facilities
Very high availability track record
99.9993%
100.0000%
100.0000%
98%
Feb-05
Emphasis on diverse entrance
facilities, dual gateway designs
and no network spurs
99%
Jan-05
Variety of diversity and protection
options
Transport Protected Network Availability
100%
Dec-04
Facilities-based intercity and
metro networks
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Backbone Leadership: IP Performance
Best in class on-net latency
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Outperform competitors ~ 73% of the time in
route by route comparisons1
Outstanding availability and packet loss
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Consistently ranked at or near the top in
Keynote statistics
Exceptional global connectivity
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According to Renesys, Level 3 customers and
peering partners reach more networks than any
other provider. 2
An extraordinary community of content and
eyeball customers
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Direct, high performance links to the most
popular destinations Internet destinations
More than 50% of our traffic stays on-net
We control and can guarantee performance
end-to-end
1 Source: Competitor measurements taken from Keynote and compared route for route with internal Level 3 measurements.
2 Source: http://www.renesys.com/products_services/market_intel/rankings.html
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Backbone Leadership: Industry Recognition
2006 GlobalComm award for Core/Backbone Network Design
& Services
2006 Frost and Sullivan Growth Strategy Leadership Award
2005 ATLANTIC-ACM U.S. Wholesale Excellence Award
2005 Internet Telephony Product of the Year Award for E-911
service
2004 World Communications Award for Best Wholesale Carrier
2004 Microsoft Service Excellence Award for Quality
(Level 3 cited for “business integrity, openness, and emphasis
on customer care”)
2004 Frost & Sullivan Award for Technology Innovation
Leadership
2004 Innovation Award from TMC Labs for wholesale VoIP
service
Smithsonian Institution recognition as Level 3 as an IP pioneer
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NewNet Physical Network Map
Pacific Northwest GP
2001 6th Ave
Westin
Portland
Oregon GP
707 SW Washington
Qwest
Seattle
1000 Denny Way
Level 3
Chicago
CIC/MREN
MERIT
BOREAS
Internt2
710 Lakeshore
Starlight
Portland
1335 NW Northrop
Level 3
Boise
Ogden
Sacramento
Oakland
San Francisco
San Francisco
Sunnyvale
CENIC
1380 Kifer
Level 3
Los Angeles
CENIC
600 W 7th
Equinix
via 1005 N B St
Omaha
35mi
overlap
Salt Lake
Inter-Mountain GP
Denver
572 S DeLong Front Range GP
Level 3
1850 Pearl
Level 3
Los Angeles
th
818 W 7
Albuquerque
Level 3
New Mexico GP
104 Gold Ave SE
Level 3
San Diego
Tulsa
OneNet
18 W Archer
Level 3
Hartford
New York
NYSERNET
32 A of Americas
Cleveland
Philadelphia
TFN
Kansas City
MAGPI
4000 ChesterPittsburgh
Pittsburgh GP
401 N Broad
GPN
Level 3
1220 L Level 3
Indianapolis
143 S 25th
1100 Walnut
Washington
Indiana
Level 3
Cincinnati Level 3
MAX
1902 S East St
1755 Old Meadow
Level 3
Level 3
Raleigh
Charlotte
NCREN
Nashville
Atlanta
5301 Departure Dr
Tennessee GP
SLR
Level 3
Chicago
111 N Canal
Level 3
I2 100G Wave Facility
RON-Core Connector
I2 Core Node
RON Hub
Other Level 3
Wave paths are meant to represent actual physical
routing. Paths which are not shown as parallel and
adjacent are meant to be physically diverse.
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Austin
New York
111 8th
Level 3
Detroit
2990 Sidco Dr
Level 3
Dallas
El Paso
501 W Overland
Level 3
Cambridge
NOX
300 Bent St
Albany Level 3
10
56 Marietta
Atlanta
345
Courtland
Birmingham
Jacksonville
FLR
4814 Phillips Hwy
Tallahassee Level 3
New Orleans
Baton Rouge
San Antonio Houston
LONI
LEARN
9987 Burbank
1201 N I-45 Level 3
Level 3
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Tampa
Orlando
Miami
South Florida GP
45 NW 5th
Level 3
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Degree 3 Node: Chassis Diversity for High Availability
BMM- band mux and optical amplifier for 400Gbps
Shelf 1 (Main Chassis w/ redundant
ShelfMCM)
4 (Expansion Chassis)
1 2 3
4
5
6 7 1 2 3
4
5
6 7
Leave
Slots 3-6
Empty
MCM
Leave
Slots 3-6
Empty
South-facing BMM
MCM
East-facing BMM
MCM
MCM
West-facing BMM
Leave
Slots 3-6
Empty
Shelf 5 (Expansion Chassis)
1 2 3
4
5
6 7
Channel: OC-192 or,
10GigE LAN PHY
Shelf 2 (Expansion Chassis)
1 2 3
4
5
6 7
MCM
South DLM (layer 4)
West DLM (layer 4)
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Shelf 7 (Expansion Chassis)
1 2 3
4
5
6 7
East DLM (layer 4)
Channels 21-30
MCM
South DLM (layer 3)
East DLM (layer 3)
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West DLM (layer 3)
Channels 11-20
MCM
South DLM (layer 2)
West DLM (layer 2)
East DLM (layer 2)
MCM
South DLM (layer 1)
East DLM (layer 1)
West DLM (layer 1)
Channels 1-10
Shelf 3 (Expansion Chassis) Shelf 6 (Expansion Chassis)
1 2 3
4
5
6 7 1 2 3
4
5
6 7
Channels 31-40
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Transport Network — Availability
Protected Transport Network Availability averaged 100.0000% April 2006
Unprotected Transport Network Availability consistently averages above 99.9821%
in April 2006
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99.9888%
99.5665%
99.9459%
99.9904%
99.9999%
99.9999%
99.9969%
99.9996%
99.9925%
99.9821%
Jul-05
Aug-05
Sep-05
Oct-05
Nov-05
Dec-05
Jan-06
Feb-06
Mar-06
Apr-06
0.0000%
99.9954%
0.0000%
Jun-05
10.0000%
Apr-06
10.0000%
Mar-06
20.0000%
Feb-06
20.0000%
Jan-06
30.0000%
Dec-05
30.0000%
Nov-05
40.0000%
Oct-05
40.0000%
Sep-05
50.0000%
Aug-05
50.0000%
Jul-05
60.0000%
Jun-05
60.0000%
May-05
70.0000%
Apr-05
70.0000%
98.8773%
80.0000%
May-05
90.0000%
99.9473%
100.0000%
Apr-05
100.0000%
99.9947%
Transport Unprotected Netw ork Availability
100.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
99.9964%
100.0000%
100.0000%
80.0000%
100.0000%
90.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
100.0000%
Transport Protected Netw ork Availability
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