Lumen: 5337 Bear Ln, Corpus Christi

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Lumen: 5337 Bear Ln, Corpus Christi

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The fenced compound holds prefabricated equipment shelters for a CenturyLink telephone switch and a signal transfer point pair. KMC Telecom developed the site, and CenturyTel bought it in 2005.

Site History

In October 2005, CenturyTel bought the site from KMC Telecom.

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Sites within 15 miles of Lumen: 5337 Bear Ln, Corpus Christi

Distance	Site	About
2.05 miles	Lumen Corpus Christi 1
4.25 miles	Carrier-Neutral Data CenterInterested in this information?Contact us	Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us
4.30 miles	AT&T: 406 N Carancahua St, Corpus Christi	AT&T's Tulip central office in downtown Corpus Christi houses the area's access tandem and an AT&T Mobility switch.
4.34 miles	Duos: Corpus Christi, Texas	The Duos Edge AI facility in Corpus Christi is a localized, modular edge data center built to deliver low-latency computing power, high-performance network routing, and regional AI workload processing in South Texas.
4.84 miles	Spectrum: Corpus Christi Headend	Charter Communications runs a headend data center for its Spectrum network on South Padre Island Drive in Corpus Christi, Texas.
7.29 miles	Tower PrimeInterested in this information?Contact us	Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us
10.16 miles	Hut 8: Beacon Point 2	Beacon Point 2 is the second phase of Hut 8's Beacon Point AI data center campus in Nueces County, Texas.
10.72 miles	Hut 8: Beacon Point 1	Beacon Point 1 is the first phase of Hut 8's Beacon Point AI data center campus in Nueces County, Texas.
11.38 miles	Verizon: 608 W Broadway Ave, Portland	Verizon's telephone central office in Portland, Texas, a former GTE exchange.
12.72 miles	Verizon: 320 E Avenue C, Robstown	Verizon's telephone central office in Robstown, Texas, a former GTE exchange.
15.32 miles	Verizon: 201 McIntyre Ave, Taft	Verizon's telephone central office in Taft, Texas, a former GTE exchange.
16.49 miles	Point AlphaInterested in this information?Contact us	Data center facility details are available on request.Interested in this information?Contact us
17.11 miles	Verizon: 2765 Avenue D, Ingleside	Verizon's telephone central office in Ingleside, Texas, a former GTE exchange.

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The combined company of CenturyLink and Level(3) has one of the largest networks in the world.

The combined company of CenturyLink and Level 3 is a patchwork of data centers that span over Europe, North America, and Latin America. The data centers came through acquisitions that include Global Crossing (2011) and TW Telecom (2014).

A Timeline of Level 3 Acquisitions

2020: CenturyLink rebrands as Lumen Technologies
2017: CenturyLink acquired Level 3's data centers and network for $34 billion
2015: Black Lotus (for Level3's DDoS mitigation product)
2014 Level 3 acquired TW Telecom for $5.7 billion
2012 Level 3 acquired Voxility
2011 Level 3 acquired Global Crossing (GX) for $2.0 Billion
2007: Level(3) acquired Broadwing for $1.4 billion
2006: Level(3) acquired Progress Telecom for $137 million
2006: Level3 acquired Looking Glass Networks for $96 million
2006: Level3 acquired Telcove (Adelphia Business Solutions) for $1.2 billion
2006: Level3 acquired ICG Communications for $163 million
2005: Level 3 acquired WilTel for $680 million
2002: Level3 acquired Genuity for $242 million

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