Chapter 6

Carrier Neutral Facilities

In this chapter, we discuss the following:

  • What Carrier Neutral Facilities are and why they are becoming critical components in today’s networks

  • What makes a Carrier Neutral Facility

  • How well a Carrier Neutral Facility integrates with other domains

  • Lessons learned and best practices for designing Carrier Neutral Facilities

Overview

Since the inception of the Internet in the early 1960s, its evolution has been staggering. From connecting the first two computers to connecting modern Internet of Things (IoT) devices, the Internet has expanded in terms of connectivity and the amount of data being transferred between devices. The Internet has become a commodity. Today, it is available to most remote parts of ...

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