DWDM: GeoMax

Rely on a Dedicated DWDM Network for Mission-Critical Systems

In today's business climate, it's no surprise that you place a high value on increased availability. CenturyLink understands that continuity, disaster recovery, and load sharing among your mission-critical systems are vital to your business's wellbeing. GeoMax^® uses dense wave division multiplexing technology (DWDM) to support these demands and delivers the most advanced dedicated Private Line Solution, combining fault-tolerant high-speed data connectivity and unparalleled reliability. Each GeoMax^® system is custom designed to your specific needs and is individually installed and dedicated to your business to support a variety of key applications.

Optical Wavelength/DWDM: GeoMax Features

• Highly flexible and scalable supporting up to 32 protected or 64 non-protected channels on two fiber pairs
• Bandwidth up to OC768 (39.813 Gbps)
• Transparency, Bit rate and protocol independent
• Flexible and guaranteed throughput for all applications
• Single platform supporting multiple interfaces, protocols and applications
• Wavelength-based protection
• SLAs for availability, customer notification, installation/provisioning and mean time to repair
• Point-to-point, ring configuration or multi-point support
• Enabled real-time business continuity/disaster recovery capabilities
• Innovative DWDM equipment
• 24/7 proactive network management via simple network management protocol (SNMP) with optional "read only" capabilities

Optical Wavelength/DWDM: GeoMax Benefits

• Save with large capacity at low cost
• Enjoy easy compatibility certification of interoperability with other vendors
• Experience the flexibility of several protocol and design options
• Scale quickly for faster and increased amounts of traffic
• Choose protection levels by circuit
• Reach thousands of on-net sites thanks to a broad fiber footprint
• Benefit from superior pricing and a choice of several pricing plans
• Get custom designs and solutions supported by fully dedicated sales engineers

How Optical Wavelength/DWDM: GeoMax Works

GeoMax^® uses DWDM technology that enables two or more optical signals with different wavelengths to be simultaneously transmitted in the same direction over one strand of fiber. Separating the wavelength at the distant ends dramatically increases the capacity of an optical fiber. The technology allows CenturyLink to transport high-bandwidth native optical interfaces supporting mainframes, data center connectivity, next generation SONET and fiber-saver applications. In addition to capacity boost, DWDM offers complete transparency, allowing support of multiple customer protocols and applications on a single platform.