Headquartered in Albany, NY, FirstLight is a fiber-based company with network and people all throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic. We provide service to enterprise and carrier customers in six states using our high-capacity, low-latency fiber optic network, data centers and full suite of managed security, cloud and IT services.
Our more than 24,000-route-mile fiber network currently connects nearly 10,000 locations in service with an additional 30,000 serviceable locations.
We pride ourselves on providing reliable, dedicated connectivity, along with a suite of comprehensive services to bring your organization's IT strategy to life. We are a Cisco Premier Partner and have a deep bench of Cisco experts on staff to help design, implement and support our Cisco-based Managed Services, SD-WAN, hardware solutions and more.
FirstLight has 14 data centers throughout the Northeast that are compliant with an array of certifications, including HIPAA, SOC II, SSAE 18 and PCI. We also offer an extensive suite of cloud services, including cloud computing and managed cloud and data center solutions.
FirstLight’s clientele includes national cellular providers and wireline carriers and many leading enterprises, spanning high tech manufacturing and research, hospitals and healthcare, banking and financial, secondary education, colleges and universities, and local and state governments.
Business Phone Systems (Hosted PBX, Cloud PBX, Hosted VoIP)
Network Architecture
Cloud Architecture
On-Prem
POP - USA - East Coast
Platform
Metaswitch
Pricing Structure
Monthly per User
Security & Compliance
Compliant - HIPAA
Compliant - PCI-DSS
SD-WAN
Application Optimization/Peering
AWS
Google Workspace
Microsoft Cloud / Azure
Salesforce
Architecture
On-Prem Appliance, Routed to Cloud Gateways
Features
Cloud / VoIP Session Reassignment
IPsec VPN (managed)
Load Balancing ISPs: Inbound Internet Traffic
Load Balancing ISPs: Oubound Internet Traffic
Monitoring: WAN Performance
Private WAN Ckts. Allowed
Public IP Addresses Provided by SD-WAN Solution
Traffic Shaping: Inbound Internet Traffic
Traffic Shaping: Outbound Internet Traffic
Traffic Shaping: Site-to-Site
Pricing Structure
OPEX
Security
Built-In UTM Firewall (i.e. IPS, Content Filtering, Antivirus, etc.)
Service Area
USA
Solution Manufacturer
Meraki
Viptella