LDCircuit helps businesses to compare leased line pricing and leased line circuits from a variety of providers. A Leased Line is the most reliable and secure type of voice or data connection available today. Leased lines are dedicated digital circuits connecting two fixed points across a private network. These circuits vary in capacity (Bandwidth) from DS-0 to OC-N speeds. You can rely on LDCircuit to compare leased line circuit service providers to find the bet leased line pricing
There are two types of leased lines:
1. Intra-LATA leased lines are governed by individual state tariffs due to the fact that the circuit is completely contained within a single LATA.
2. Inter-LATA circuits are leased lines that physically cross the LATA and are the primary focus of LDCircuit.com. Because the circuit and traffic are crossing the LATA, these long-haul Inter-LATA circuits are only available from long distance carriers and resellers. Local telephone companies are prohibited from providing this type of service. The rest of this section will define the Inter-LATA Leased Line service and explain how this service is priced.
Inter-LATA leased lines are difficult to implement because they require the co-ordination of a number of different service providers; A typical circuit requires the involvement of three (or more) companies.
The local telephone company is typically used to provide the access (referred to as a local loop or local distribution channel) to the long-distance carrier's Point of Presence (POP). A local loop connection is required on both ends of the circuit, and connects the customer premise to the closest carrier POP. The cost of a local loop is based primarily upon bandwidth and physical distance (mileage) from the long distance carrier's POP.
It is the long distance carrier that connects the two local loops together over their network. The long-haul (IXC) portion of the circuit is the responsibility of the contracted long distance carrier, but is often not entirely owned by that carrier. Frequently, long distance carriers will lease capacity from another carrier when facilities are not available or currently owned.
Because of varying availability of bandwidth, the main factor is determining cost of the IXC portion of the circuit is not always distance. Bandwidth and length of commitment (term) of contract with the carrier are also factors in pricing leased lines. Any portion of the circuit cost can vary from week-to-week, which is precisely why our quotes are only good for 30 days. We will always make available any current discount or promotion to give you the best prices available from each carrier at that time.