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Level 3

Level 3 (Nasdaq: LVLT) is an international communications and information services company and is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado. The company operates one of the largest communications and Internet backbones in the world.

Level 3 is one of the largest providers of wholesale dial-up service to ISPs in North America and is the primary provider of Internet connectivity for millions of broadband subscribers through its cable and DSL partners.

The world’s largest telecom carriers all continue to use Level 3 services, as do the 10 largest U.S. Internet Service Providers, and the 10 largest European telecom carriers.

Based on the amount of Internet traffic on Level 3’s IP backbone, Level 3 is among the largest Internet carriers in the world. Through Level 3’s dial-up ISP customers, the company’s dial-up infrastructure is accessible to approximately 90% of the U.S. population. When a typical Internet user at home dials the Internet using a modem in the U.S., there is better than a one-in-three chance that their call is being completed within a Level 3 data center.

“We clearly trust a significant portion of our business with Level 3, and
that has been a great decision for us here at AOL."
—John Schanz, SVP Network operations, America Online

The Level 3 Network

Completed 2001, the Level 3 Network today operates as one of the world’s newest and most advanced telecommunications platforms.

The network spans 23,000 intercity route miles and delivers services to customers in major markets across the United States and Europe. It serves a substantial number of the world’s largest and most sophisticated communications companies, including inter-exchange carriers, local phone companies, European PTTs, cable operators, ISPs, wireless companies, content providers, and media and entertainment companies.

According to recent PriMetrica market research, Level 3 ranks among the top most connected networks worldwide.

Level 3’s customers include:

The world’s 10 largest telephone companies;
The 10 largest carriers in Europe;
The four largest local phone companies in the United States;
The 10 largest Internet service providers in the U.S., which combined serve more than 60 million online users;
The six largest U.S. cable companies;
International wireless companies with more than 260 million subscribers;
Satellite companies that deliver TV programming to almost 20 million subscribers in the U.S.

The substantial growth of customer IP traffic has made the
Level 3 Network one of the world’s largest Internet backbones.