Metropolitan Area Network (MAN)
Uses WAN technologies to interconnect LANs within a specific geographic region, such as a country or a city. In most cases, however a municipality or a communications carrier operates a MAN: individual organizations must sign up for service and establish connections to use a Metropolitan Area Network (MAN).
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