Hi
I hope you had a great year and I want to let you know that we appreciate your business and look forward to working with your company in 2014. You have probably seen quite few advertisements for Optical Wavelength Service by now and might wonder what in the heck the big deal is, so I have put together some FAQ's which might help better understand why we think this is such a hot service (see below). The bottom line is that we are selling full Gig (1000MB) loop+port for under $3k in small towns like Grand Forks, ND and Corvallis, OR. Our ISP customer have great things to say about CenturyLink IP but if you prefer to choose your own upstream IP provider then just order a 1GIG wave to a carrier hotel for around $2k and get your bandwidth as low as $1 per meg (or less). If 1GIG is not enough then just add about $1k and you can get 10GIG and have room to breath.
The only down side is that everyone of these deals requires engineering checks and must be run through special pricing which takes about 5-10 business days. Sounds complicated but CTG3 makes it easy since all you have to do is email your site address to quotes@ctg3.com and we will handle the rest.
Take care and we look forward to doing business in 2014!
Brian
Frequently Asked Questions:
- Where is CenturyLink wavelength service available?
Wavelength service is widely available within the 14-state legacy Qwest territory where wave gear is deployed in the central office. You can search for WAVE services on the CTG3 website using the CarrierFinder tool (we think it is an fantastic tool and take full credit for it).
Another good source is the Access Alliance portal. You can find the central offices which have wave gear under Optical Wavelength service - QC and the Longhaul POPs located under Optical Wavelength service - QCC
CenturyLink also has Wavelength service outside the 14-state region in the major markets and can also use other carriers to deliver last mile if required.
- What speeds are available with wave service?
Most transport speeds sold are either 1GIG or 10GIG. 1GIG transport requires a minimum of 100MB commit level for Internet bandwidth and 10GIG transport requires a minimum of 1GIG Internet bandwidth. 40GIG can also be delivered in certain areas and 100GIG will be coming in the future.
- What services use this technology?
Primary services used for this is Dedicated Internet and Private Line Ethernet transport
- What kind of Wave gear does CenturyLink use within the Central office?
Tellabs and Infinera are the primary manufactures that are used to deliver this service to the central office.
- What is the process to get pricing?
Send the customer name, service address, and bandwidth requirements to quotes@ctg3.com and we will request an engineering study using a CNDC request and pricing via offer management.
You can also submit your quote request via our website at www.ctg3.com This process typically takes 5-10 business days but is worth the wait.
- How do we get the best pricing possible?
We seen best price points when asking for a full GIG port rather than fractional. For instance, a full GIG port may be the same price as a 300MB commit. If you do not need that much bandwidth then you still may want to check out higher commit levels. For instance, 200MB might be similar to the price of 100MB.
It also helps if the site already has CenturyLink fiber installed since this will lower the loop pricing to the very best rates.
Many times, it is just a matter of working closely with offer management so that we can get the very best price available. It tends to be more of an art than an science.
If this service is terminated in an approved data center the pricing can be dramatically lower since there is no charge for local access on the data center side of the service.
- How is this service terminated?
Normally this service is delivered using a fiber distribution panel with no CPE located on site and is generally provisioned as 1000Base-LX at 1310nm unless otherwise specified for extended reach requirements.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gigabit_Ethernet
- How can we learn more about this technology?
Contact brian@ctg3.comfor a training session.
View a video training we conducted called "Optical Wavelength for dummies".
Read about this service in the products section of the Access Alliance portalunder Optical Wavelength Service - QC and Optical Wavelengh Service QCC.
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