E-Book Library

Welcome to Lighyear's E-Book library, where we share expertise and proprietary data to help improve your telecom network management and procurement processes.

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Lightyear's 2026 State of Connectivity Report

Lightyear's second annual State of Connectivity report delivers vendor-agnostic benchmarks and trend analysis across DIA, broadband, WAN, & data center markets.

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Lightyear's 2026 State of Connectivity Report

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What is Lightyear?

Lightyear enables you to buy and manage your network services (internet, WAN, voice, co-location) on a ridiculously easy-to-use online platform.

Buyers Guide

Content

Internet

IT Purchase Process

Networking

Pricing Guide

Service

Dedicated Internet Access (DIA Internet): Ultimate 2026 Pricing Guide

Many factors impact how your dedicated internet access (DIA) connections are priced. Lightyear is pleased to share our 2026 ultimate guide to DIA pricing.

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Dark Fiber

IT Purchase Process

MPLS

Networking

Point to Point

Pricing Guide

Service

WAN

Wavelengths

WAN Connectivity Pricing Guide: P2P, MPLS, Dark Fiber & More

This report covers how WAN services (P2P, Wave, Dark Fiber, MPLS & SD-WAN) are priced including proprietary pricing insights from 15k+ telecom service quotes.

Networking

SD-WAN

Telecom Glossary

WAN

The Definitive SD-WAN Buyer’s Guide

SD-WAN solutions can be a high valuable asset to manage enterprise networks. However, pricing for this type of software can be difficult to navigate.

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