Deliver video, applications, software and more with the world’s most-connected content delivery network—featuring 170 Tbps of global edge capacity in 95 cities worldwide.
On October 10, 2023, Lumen announced the close of the sale of select Content Delivery Network (CDN) customer contracts to Akamai Technologies, Inc. and the end-of-sale of Lumen’s CDN services. Customers can immediately begin working with Akamai for their CDN needs by contacting Why Akamai.
Global content delivery with a global edge
As one of the largest low-latency CDN networks, the Lumen® CDN enables reliable content delivery to users around the globe. That’s why many of the world’s leading media and ecommerce sites rely on our programmable edge and proven customer service to grow their businesses.
Explore the map below to see our network.
Lumen Network Maps are representative of our networks but in general terms. Exact locations and routes are subject to change as we expand into new regions. The Lumen global network is made up of owned, leased access and IRU segments, which are not distinguished on maps. Lumen engages in-region carriers to provide services in some markets. No duplication permitted. Contact Lumen for updates or details. Latin America CDN locations owned and operated by exclusive reseller.
Benefits
Features and Specs
- Origin: native origin service or bring your own
- Origin failover: balance traffic between multiple origins
- Robust connectivity into public cloud origins
- Security: SSL certificate management, standard TLS 1.3, TLS shared cert, Let’s Encrypt
- Access control: geo-blocking, token authentication, cloud authentication, proxy and VPN detection
- Purge control: self-service UI and API for invalidations; ~60 second propagation delay
- Support for modern HTTP features (e.g. chunked transfer encoding (CTE), range requests)
- Image optimization
- Object pre-fetch
- Flexible, software-based origin shield
- Configuration options and an expression language to control cache rules and expiration
- Lua edge scripting engine to support custom logic (e.g. custom token schemes)
- Self-service configuration via API and GUI (V3 coming Q4)
- Progressive rollouts and AB testing for configuration changes
- Logs: log delivery and log streaming to the endpoint of your choice including public clouds (W3C file / JSON)
- SRE processes and integration of our support teams into your DevOps systems
- Enhanced visualization and new user interface (Q4 2021)
- Support for industry-standard HTTP-based streaming protocols for live and VOD
- Native support for low latency MPEG-DASH and HLS
- End-to-end video workflow support with acquisition via Vyvx® Broadcast Solutions and Media Transformation (including encoding, packaging, DRM, closed captioning, ad insertion, etc.)
- Defense in depth through multi-layer protection combining layer 3 and 4 DDoS with layer 7 application security
- Deeply peered global backbone as the first line of defense, using vast visibility to identify new threats and mitigate attacks directly at the network level
- Volumetric DDoS protection leveraging 15 global scrubbing centers, 9 SOCs and the Lumen threat intelligence arm, Black Lotus Labs®
- Next-generation WAF, API protection and bot risk management (BRM) strategically deployed and orchestrated across the Lumen edge network, close to where attacks originate
- Ecosystem approach leverages best-of-breed partners–ThreatX, PerimeterX, Wallarm, etc.–allowing businesses to choose the solution that corresponds to their unique security challenges and to change as their threat profile evolves
- Rapid time to first byte with high-speed egress to the Lumen CDN via wholly owned IP network
- Resiliency across three storage devices or facilities, backed by 99.999 percent uptime SLA
- Built-in data integrity mechanisms and self-repair
- Secure data with redundant network paths, direct connection to Lumen CDN, and encrypted data transfer
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