Who is Lightyear?

Successful businessman and entreprenuer J. Sherman "Sherm" Henderson III devised the plans for Lightyear Network Solutions, LLC (which began operations as UniDial Inc.) on a napkin at a Denny's restaurant in Louisville, Ky., in 1993. Lightyear now serves the telecommunications needs of more than 60,000 business and residential customers nationwide and generates annual revenue of over $50 million through an independent national sales force of Lightyear Agent Partners.

Business and Network Service Solutions

Lightyear is a competitively priced, "one-stop shop" for a full array of network services for both residential and business customers including:

  • Wireless Phones and Mobile Wireless Broadband
  • Dynamic T1
  • Local PRI
  • Dedicated Internet Access and Routers
  • MPLS
  • Metro Ethernet
  • Private Line
  • VoIP
  • SIP Trunks
  • Integrated Access for Voice, Data and Internet
  • Switched and Dedicated Long-Distance and Toll-Free
  • BizLocalSM phone service
  • Frame Relay
  • Call Center Solutions
  • Web hosting and development services
  • Call Analysis Software for detailed billing reports
  • Multimedia Conferencing
  • Network Marketing Services for organizations who wish to sell telecom products within a private label program

Residential Services

Lightyear's residential offering, LightyearHOME, bundles local and long-distance phone service with popular calling features in two competitively priced plans. The LightyearHOME Opportunity and Starter Plans are available nationwide.

Leading Back-Office in the Industry

Lightyear's history in the communication business provides a rich legacy of top-flight service and support to its customers and agent partners at competitive prices, which is accomplished in part by a 24-hour seven days a week Network Maintenance Center. In addition, Lightyear's Portal Plus billing and client care system provides Lightyear Agent Partners with a direct view into the entire lifecycle of a customer's account for comprehensive account information as needed. Pre- and post-sale engineering support, project management and ongoing Agent training and sales support via the Major Account Consultants and the Network Operations Center are provided as well. As a result,  Agents  receive outstanding telecommunications solutions to grow their businesses.

Partner Companies

Lightyear works with a number of partner companies to provide the best possible products and services to its customers. Best of all, our customers derive the cost benefits of multiple carriers and expanded capacity, with the most comprehensive customer service in the industry. Lightyear is proud to have strong relationships with all of the biggest providers in the industry, including: Sprint, Verizon, AT&T, Level 3, Qwest,  Broadsoft, PAETEC, Intelliverse, Globys, CenturyLink, AdTran, Cisco, Embarq, XO Communications, Complete Communication Services (CCS), Voicecom, Iperia and Acme Packet.