
NCTC’s Transit and Transport programs have already helped members save thousands of dollars on carrier transit and transport costs.
Most members are experiencing 40%-60% growth per year in broadband traffic. While rates have decreased, many members still pay much more than larger companies.
NCTC negotiates agreements with well-established national and regional carriers to provide our members with the following benefits:
- Better rates.
- Defined service-level commitments.
- Circuit protection/redundancy options.
- Managed renewals and bid requests for larger-volume circuit needs.
Colocation Solutions

Colocation Solutions are available through NCTC, both at Internet Exchanges as well as more remote locations within your fiber footprint. Colocation allows operators to locate equipment in a secure, hardened facility to help meet a variety of needs. NCTC offers cost effective discounts for colocations as well as the following benefits:
Colocation at an Internet Exchange:
- By-pass the public internet to offer faster, private connections to specific providers such as Azure, Amazon, Google, Oracle and others.
- Cost-effective way to optimize backhaul compared to multiple high-capacity circuits.
- Remote monitoring and management of equipment.
- Custom routing of traffic to meet the compliance, regulatory or privacy needs of your subscriber’s information.
Colocation at the “Edge” (in footprint):
- Provide easy access to middle and long haul fiber connectivity for upstream capacity.
- Lease only the rack space needed in a hardened, secure building.
- Secure location for regen site.
- Avoid the start-up cost of new facilities for traffic aggregation on greenfield builds.
- Establish back up or secondary data center.
DDoS

The average cost for each hour of a Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack is $6,000 per minute, according to Perimeter 81 data. Protecting your business from DDoS attacks is more important than ever in today’s digital landscape. NCTC’s partnerships deliver benefits that shield your business from malicious users, threats, and overwhelming traffic, always ensuring seamless and secure operations. When attacks can easily cost your business hundreds of thousands of dollars, protecting your business is a small fraction of the cost by comparison.
Through NCTC partners, you have access to:
- Tier 1 Provider choices
- Protection from costly attacks
- Scalable, flexible, easily deployed options to fit any budget
- Subsecond mitigations
- Portal access with comprehensive analytics
Dedicated Internet Access

In addition to offering separate Transit and Transport circuits, NCTC offers Dedicated Internet Transport (DIA). DIA offers internet connectivity (bandwidth) delivered directly to your headend data center as a “one-stop” solution. Most of NCTC’s national and regional carriers offer DIA with the following benefits:
- One point of contact with the provider for service delivery and maintenance.
- Bundled solution eliminates the need for separate transport, IP transit, and cross-connects.
- Competitive, “Better Together” rates based on volume.
- Defined service-level commitments.
- Circuit protection/redundancy options available.
IPv4 Address Blocks

NCTC, through our network partner agreements, now offers our member operators affordable pricing on IPv4 address blocks as a standalone product, not tied to a circuit order. Members who need to augment their IPv4 address inventory can lease a block of IPv4 addresses through NCTC for a relatively low rate.
- No large cash outlay — Members pay a low monthly lease fee for IPv4 addresses obtained through NCTC.
- No long-term obligation — Members can discontinue their IPv4 lease when they convert to IPv6.
- Flexibility — Smaller blocks are available, and no circuit order is required.
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