A Metropolitan Area Network, or MAN, is a series of LANs (Local Area Networks) that are interconnected through various means in a Metropolitan area such as a city and its subburbs. If a company ...

The internet is a WAN because, using ISPs, it connects many smaller local area networks or metro area networks. On a smaller scale, a business may have a WAN comprised of cloud services ...

has contracted Ericsson Lebanon Communications to implement a Gigabit Ethernet Metropolitan Area Network (MAN), in an attempt to improve its internal data transmission network. Gigabit Ethernet ...