Company
Lumen (formerly known as Centurlink or Level 3) owns and operates a global Tier-1 network and - logically - their CDN runs on top of it. Lumen CDN has POPs on many continents and their product focus is on video, large object delivery and edge computing.
Lumen website
Products
View the table below for more insight into Lumen products.
Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
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Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content delivery. User login, shopping cart ... |
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Small file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of small files (file size <1 MB) |
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Large file deliveryStatic object delivery; caching of large files (file size >1 MB) |
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Live videoDelivery of live video. RTMP? Transcoding/transmuxing? |
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Video on demandDelivery of on demand video |
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Image OptimizationAutomatic image transformation/compression/optimization |
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DNSAuthoritative DNS for customer domain |
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WAFWeb Application Firewall |
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Anti-DDoSDDoS attack protection. Specific product(s) for this. |
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Private CDNDedicated edge resources & custom configs |
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Edge ComputeRun your code on CDN edge servers |
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Network
Click the country flag icon to navigate to a page showing all CDNs with POP(s) in that country.
Locations marked with * are not active yet but on the CDN's roadmap.
Pricing
Lumen provides custom pricing packages based on specific customer needs. You can receive a tailor made quote by contacting their sales team.
Contact Lumen Sales
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Minimum contract term | Unknown |
Minimum monthly costs | Unknown |
Requests costsCustomers pay for client to CDN requests | Unknown |
Ingress costsCustomers pay for origin-to-CDN bytes transferred | Unknown |
NA/EU traffic (low volume) | Unknown |
APAC traffic (low volume) | Unknown |
LATAM traffic (low volume) | Unknown |
Features
View the tables below for more insight into the features Lumen supports.
Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.
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HTTPS & Content Protection | |
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CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net |
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Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate |
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Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN |
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Token authentication |
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Geo blocking |
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Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content |
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Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content |
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IP white/blacklisting |
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Support
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Documentation |
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Contact Lumen
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