Dedicated high-capacity waves between your data centers and sites — the performance of dark fiber without running your own optics. Free to you.
Get a Free QuoteWhen site-to-site or data-center-to-data-center capacity needs reach 10 Gbps and beyond, wavelength services are usually the sweet spot: a dedicated lambda on the carrier's optical network, with fixed low latency and full capacity that's yours alone — but the carrier runs the optics. Waves sit between EPL (below them) and dark fiber (above them) in the control-versus-convenience tradeoff, and pricing has fallen steadily as 400G hardware matures.
The workhorse for data center interconnect and high-capacity site links — widely available in metro markets.
For serious DCI, storage replication, and backbone needs — increasingly cost-effective as optics prices fall.
Optional carrier-managed protection switching for sub-50ms failover on critical routes.
Tell us the two end-points and the capacity. We quote every carrier with optical plant on the route — 10G metro waves commonly start around $800–$2,500/month with 100G route-dependent but far cheaper per-gig — and compare protected vs unprotected designs and true route diversity. If dark fiber on the same route is competitive, we'll show you that too. Free to you — the carrier compensates us.
We're vendor-neutral. Depending on your needs and locations, the providers we compare include:
The provider compensates us, so our guidance is free to you — see how it works.
A dedicated optical channel (lambda) on the carrier's fiber — full 10G/100G/400G capacity that's exclusively yours, with the deterministic latency of a physical path, but the carrier operates the optical equipment.
Below 10G, EPL usually wins on cost. At 10G–400G, waves deliver near-dark-fiber performance with no optical gear to run. Dark fiber wins when you need many waves on one route or maximum long-term control. We model all three on your actual route.
Metro 10G waves commonly run $800–$2,500/month; 100G pricing is route-dependent but has fallen sharply and is often only 2–3x the 10G price. Long-haul is priced per route. Competitive quoting matters — identical waves can vary 40%+ between carriers.
Protected waves fail over on the carrier's network in under 50ms but cost more. Many businesses instead buy two unprotected waves from different carriers on diverse paths — we verify the paths don't share conduit.
Yes — the carrier you select compensates us, so our sourcing and negotiation cost you nothing.
Tell us what you have today and what you're trying to fix. We'll compare your options across providers — free, with no obligation.
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