Lumen (formerly known as Centurylink 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.
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Lumen Products
View the table below for more insight into Lumen products. Hover over/touch the product to view a short description.
Yes
Sort of/partially
No
Extra costs
Unknown
Product
Dynamic content deliveryNon-cacheable content
delivery. User login, shopping cart ...
Atlanta - Boston - Chicago - Cleveland - Dallas - Denver - Detroit - Herndon - Honolulu - Houston - Los Angeles - McLean - Miami - Minneapolis - Nashville - Newark - New York - Orlando - Philadelphia - Phoenix - Pittsburgh - Portland - Salt Lake City - San Jose - Seattle - St. Louis - Tustin
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
Pricing & contract duration
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
Lumen Features
View the tables below for more insight into the features Lumen supports. Hover over/touch the feature name to view a short description.
Yes
Sort of/partially
No
Extra costs
Unknown
Web acceleration
Instant setupSign up, configure, start testing.
Not yet, but coming soon.
Change propagation delayHow fast do config changes propagate to all POPs?
No longer than 15 minutes - Often instant
Apex/root domain OK
No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com
Available with Section product for an additional fee
HTTP/2
HTTP/3
WebSockets
Technology for bidirectional communication in client-server apps
IPv6Do the edge servers have IPv6?
Compression
Reduce file size for faster delivery
Resend from origin, or compress on edge
Origin pull - protocolHTTP only or HTTPS possible too?
HTTP and HTTPS.
Origin pull - Host headerUse client > edge value? Set specific value?
Configure specific other Host header
CDN can also forward client request Host header to origin
Origin Shield
One POP pulls from origin, other POPs pull from the shield POP
Waiting RoomDuring peak traffic, route users to a virtual waiting room
Push / uploadStore your content directly on CDN, no customer origin
FTP, SFTP, rsync. Storage costs apply
Cache control - CDN caching
Cache control - client caching
Serve Stale
CDN serves cached but expired content in case origin is in trouble
Purge
Invalidate or delete cached objects on CDN
Instant
Purge - capabilities
Purge all but not purge by directory or tag or header
Analytics
Log files
API
Purge, analytics, configuration
HTTPS & Content Protection
CDN domain HTTPSUse the CDN's domain, like cloudfront.net
Customer domain HTTPSYour domain in the CDN's certificate
Customer cert HTTPSYour certificate on the CDN
Token authentication
Geo blocking
Hotlink protectionThird parties cannot deeplink to your content
Basic authenticationUser logs in on the CDN to get content
No performance degradation when using http(s)://domain.com
CDN can also forward client request Host header to origin