Electric Lightwave is one of the largest facilities-based providers of communications services in the western United States, providing advanced networking, communications and technology solutions in 35 metropolitan markets. The company owns and operates a 5,000-mile long-haul fiber-optic network, 3,000–miles of metropolitan fiber and a nationwide IP/MPLS network. Electric Lightwave's fiber connects directly to more than 2,200 enterprise buildings and it has an expansive Ethernet-over-copper footprint.