Cross-border · Wavelengths
Cross-border lit wavelength services.
Managed 10G, 100G, and 400G wavelength services running on Jelly Digital's cross-border dark-fiber backbone — dedicated protocol-agnostic transport between Baja California and Los Angeles, with managed optics, SLA-backed delivery, and optional diverse routing across our three paths.
Lit wavelength services deliver dedicated, protocol-agnostic transport between Baja California and Los Angeles — without requiring you to operate the optical layer. We provide the transponders, the amplifier plant, and the end-to-end wavelength management. You get a pair of client interfaces that behave like a short-distance Ethernet or OTN hand-off — even though the path actually crosses a border and a few hundred kilometers of fiber.
Capacities
10G · 100G · 400G
Protocol
Agnostic
Ethernet, OTN, SDH, SAN
Routing
Diverse
Three paths available
Optics
Managed
Jelly-provided + monitored
What you get
Client interfaces you expect
Hand-off at standard client interfaces — 10GE LR, 100GE LR4/ER4, or 400GE (FR4/LR4). Plug in and run. OTN OTU2 / OTU4 also available for carrier interconnect use cases.
Managed optical layer
We own and operate the DWDM line system, amplifier stations, and transponders. You don't buy optics, manage an OSC channel, or troubleshoot wavelength drift. The layer is our problem.
SLA on optical availability
Committed availability, chronic outage protections, and time-to-repair targets. Optional restoration onto a diverse wavelength for customers who need better-than-standard protection.
Tap-off for monitoring
Optional optical tap-off points for customer-owned monitoring or security inspection — used by financial, governmental, and compliance-sensitive customers who want visibility into their own traffic regardless of the managed layer.
Diverse routing options
Wavelengths can be provisioned on any of our three cross-border routes, or on two of them as a protection pair. Documented physical path separation available.
Short turn-up
Our optical line system has idle capacity pre-commissioned across the three routes. Most 10G and 100G wavelength orders turn up within weeks; 400G depends on interface availability at both ends.
Where wavelengths are the right fit
You need private transport, not internet. If your traffic is between two of your own endpoints — a Tijuana data center and an LA colo, for instance — wavelengths give you a direct private path without routing through the public internet. Lower latency, better jitter, no IP-layer concerns.
You want the capacity of dark fiber without operating it. Operating dark fiber is not trivial: you need optical expertise, monitoring, spare optics, on-call coverage. Managed wavelengths give you the same dedicated capacity without those operational demands.
You have protocols that don't fit IP. Storage replication using Fibre Channel, SDH-style carrier handoff, OTN interconnect — all run over wavelengths when IP transport doesn't meet the technical requirements.
You want a capacity step-up path. Wavelengths scale cleanly from 10G to 100G to 400G as your needs grow — in most cases a configuration change rather than a new build.
Wavelength FAQ
How is a wavelength different from dark fiber?
Dark fiber is the physical glass — you bring the optics and operate the optical layer yourself. A wavelength is a managed service on top of dark fiber — we provide and operate the optics, and you get a client-interface handoff at each end. For most enterprises, wavelengths are the more practical product; dark fiber suits carriers and hyperscalers that want deeper control.
Can I run Fibre Channel for storage replication across the border?
Yes. Our wavelength service is protocol-agnostic — Fibre Channel long-distance, native Ethernet, OTN, SDH, or custom protocols all work. Mention the protocol during scoping so we provision the right transponder client interface.
Can you deliver optical restoration or just single-path wavelengths?
Both. Unprotected wavelengths on a single route are available at lower cost; protected wavelengths with optical-layer restoration onto a diverse route are available for customers with stricter availability requirements. We'll describe the protection behavior in the service specification.
What's the turn-up time for a 100G wavelength?
On-net to on-net, usually weeks from signed order. The longer path is usually cross-connect coordination at the termination data centers; the optical layer itself is fast to commission given our pre-built capacity on all three routes.
Want the physical layer?
Dark fiber →
Bring your own optics, own the spectrum.
Need internet instead?
DIA 1–100 Gbps →
Committed bandwidth with BGP and SLA.
Multi-site WAN?
MPLS →
L2/L3 VPN with QoS across both sides.
Send us the endpoints and capacity.
Origination, termination, client interface speed, diversity — and whether you want protected or unprotected. We'll get pricing and turn-up timing back to you fast.
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