Ciena 5400 Family vs. Lumen Ethernet

Overview
ProductRatingMost Used ByProduct SummaryStarting Price
Ciena 5400 Family
Score 0.0 out of 10
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The Ciena 5400 Family is optimized for cost-effective, next-generation bandwidth management, enabling aggregation, grooming, and forwarding of multiple traffic types. Both the 5410 and 5430 systems employ Ciena’s intelligent control plane—shared with the 6500 Family—to automate labor-intensive operations including planning, provisioning, and topology and inventory management. The 5400 Family enables high availability networks for mission-critical services.N/A
Lumen Ethernet
Score 7.2 out of 10
N/A
Lumen Ethernet services power secure, high-availability network solutions that enable high-performance voice, video and data applications.
$1.77
per hour (100 Mbps)
Pricing
Ciena 5400 FamilyLumen Ethernet
Editions & Modules
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100 Mbps
starting at $1.77
per hour
1 Gbps
starting at $4.41
per hour
10 Gbps
starting at $4.83
per hour
Offerings
Pricing Offerings
Ciena 5400 FamilyLumen Ethernet
Free Trial
NoNo
Free/Freemium Version
NoNo
Premium Consulting/Integration Services
NoNo
Entry-level Setup FeeNo setup feeNo setup fee
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User Ratings
Ciena 5400 FamilyLumen Ethernet
Likelihood to Recommend
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(0 ratings)
7.2
(3 ratings)
User Testimonials
Ciena 5400 FamilyLumen Ethernet
Likelihood to Recommend
Ciena
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Lumen Technologies
It is well suited based on our experience for small-scale projects where there are not very critical production-related activities happening. It will be easy to control and handle within a small set of deployments or platforms such as mobile-related activities. I don't recommend it for large server-scale deployment because we have seen inconsistencies with the connectivity of services.
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Pros
Ciena
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Lumen Technologies
  • Speed has been consistent.
  • Reliability of uptime.
  • Hardware has been solid.
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Cons
Ciena
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Lumen Technologies
  • Offer better line location for construction
  • Available in more states
  • Quality of service reports monthly
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Alternatives Considered
Ciena
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Lumen Technologies
AT&T I would say is the leader within this area in terms of handling any large-scale deployments and their services are awesome. No connectivity issues at all and no latency in feedback. Server deployments are handled very effectively, that's not the case with century link. Of course, security is second to none with AT&T.
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Return on Investment
Ciena
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Lumen Technologies
  • Positive: After configuration and initial setup service has been great. We have a call center running off the service and calls have much less jitter now.
  • Positive: Fiber speeds have helped us execute daily tasks quicker.
  • Negative: Much time and money wasted on the initial configuration and setup.
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