Level 3 Communications Inc. (Omaha, NE) signed a master easement agreement with the Burlington

Level 3 Communications Inc. (Omaha, NE) signed a master easement agreement with the Burlington Northern and Santa Fe Railway Company (bnsf). The agreement provides Level 3 with rights-of-way access to bnsf`s rail routes in as many as 28 states. Level 3 plans to use the access to build its national Internet protocol-based network.