Your Sites, Connected. One Provider.
Ethernet and WAN between your locations, designed around how your sites need to talk to each other. We compare national, regional and local carriers for each site, then install, run, bill and support all of it ourselves.
- Point-to-point, hub-and-spoke or full mesh
- Transparent Layer 2 transport
- Flat-rate bandwidth, stated per service
- Internet at a hub, at every site, or at two data centers
- One contract, one bill and one support team
Pick the design that fits
Terms are in the Ethernet and WAN Rider. Not sure which you need? Tell us how your sites talk to each other, and we will suggest one.
| Design | How traffic moves | A good fit when |
|---|---|---|
| Point-to-point (E-Line) | One connection between two sites | You are linking two locations, such as an office and a data center |
| Hub-and-spoke | Every site connects to a hub, and sites can also reach one another through our network | Most traffic goes to one central site |
| E-Tree | Each site reaches the hub only. Traffic between sites is blocked by design | Sites must stay isolated from each other |
| Multi-hub | Sites reach two or more hubs, and sites stay isolated from each other | You run two data centers or head offices |
| Dual-homed | Two access circuits per site, to two hubs or aggregation points | A site cannot afford to lose its connection |
| Full mesh (E-LAN) | Every site reaches every other site, with no hub | Sites share traffic directly with each other |
| Transport to a named hub | Per-site transport to a location you name, including a third-party or hosted facility | Your hub is somewhere we do not otherwise serve |
Three ways to buy a WAN
You can buy from one carrier, through a broker, or from FiberFed. Here is what changes.
| One carrier for every site | Through a broker | FiberFed | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sites covered | Where that carrier reaches | Several carriers | National, regional and local carriers at each site, in one design |
| Contracts and bills | One | Usually one | One |
| Design | That carrier's options | Varies | Seven designs, chosen with you |
| Who you call | The carrier | The broker, who contacts the carrier | Our NOC, 24x7 on Enterprise tiers |
| Service levels | The carrier's terms | The carrier's terms | Our SLA, measured at each site's access leg |
Four ways we deliver it
Your quote can show more than one, side by side.
Co-Managed Carrier Sourcing
The local telco or cable company's circuit, compared for your address, then installed, billed and supported by us, with fixed 5G backup where coverage allows.Cloud-Fabric
Your connection carried on FiberFed's own network, with Tier-1 upstreams and the regional Internet Exchange. See data center internet.Infrastructure Networks
A fiber build or licensed microwave where no carrier reaches, and private networks for schools, libraries and government.Check your first site
Finder shows which networks can reach an address, and sends you a quote by email.
Service levels in writing
Each service is sold at a stated tier, and the SLA applies the same way however we source the access. Below the commitment you can claim a credit on that month’s charge.
| Tier | Monthly availability | How it is delivered | Target restoration |
|---|---|---|---|
| Business Fiber | 99.5% | Single circuit | 12 business hours from ticket |
| Enterprise Fiber | 99.9% | Single managed circuit with 24x7 NOC | 4 hours from ticket, 24x7 |
| Enterprise Fiber Diverse | 99.99% | Two physically diverse paths, where the building allows | 4 hours from ticket, with traffic on the surviving path |
The details
| Bandwidth | Sold flat-rate at the committed rate stated on your order form. Traffic above that rate is discarded, and there is no usage overage. |
|---|---|
| Service type | Transparent Layer 2 transport. Your network stays yours, including loop prevention, and we do not participate in your spanning tree. |
| Frame size | Stated for each site on your order form. Larger frames are available where the path supports them. |
| Class of service | Delivered as a single class unless you order a multi-class profile. |
| Internet | Add Dedicated Internet at a hub, at every site, or at two data centers. |
| Diversity | Two paths where the building and available facilities allow. If full diversity is not available at a site, we will tell you before you sign. |
| Hub sizing | If we size a hub on an oversubscribed basis, the quote states the basis used. The committed bandwidth is what your order form states. |
Who buys it
Multi-site businesses
Connect branches, offices and warehouses to each other or to a central site.Data center connections
Link your offices to your cage or to a hosted environment.Medical and government
Sites that need traffic kept apart, a stated availability tier, and two paths where the building allows.MSPs
Connect client sites, with one partner handling the carriers.How it works
- Send your sitesGive us the first address and how many sites you have. We will ask for the full list.
- We design itWe check which carriers can serve each site and suggest the design that fits.
- One quote, one orderYour order states each site, its role, bandwidth, service tier and charges.
- We install and run itWe turn up each site as it becomes available and support it from our NOC.
Common questions
Is this your own network?
We use national, regional and local carriers, and we build ourselves when a site calls for it. The SLA follows the service tier, not the carrier.
Will all my sites go live at once?
Not always. We install each site as it becomes available, and we do not guarantee simultaneous delivery.
When does billing start?
When at least two sites in the same connection are installed and able to pass traffic. Each additional site starts billing on its own acceptance date.
If one site goes down, is the whole WAN down?
No. Availability is measured at each site's access leg, so the other sites stay in service, and a credit applies to the affected leg. The SLA states one exception, for a failure on the network side.
Do you commit to latency and packet delivery?
Those commitments apply to Dedicated Internet only. Ethernet and WAN carry the availability commitment for your tier.
Can each site have a different speed?
Yes. Your order form states the bandwidth for each connection.
A site has no carrier. What then?
We can look at a fiber build or licensed microwave where the project makes sense.
Can some sites stay with their current carrier?
Often, yes. Tell us who serves each site today, and we will tell you what can join the design.
Have a site list?
Send the first address and tell us how many more there are. We will suggest a design and quote it as one network.
