Question

what is metropolitan area network?

Answer 1

A metropolitan area network is a computer network that interconnects users with computer resources in a geographic area or region larger than that covered by even a large local area network but smaller than the area covered by a wide area network

Answer 2

Answer:

Metropolitan Area Network (MAN):

A metropolitan area network (MAN) is a computer network covering a large area like a campus, corporate offices or a city.

It is also used as the interconnection of several local area networks.

A MAN is often a high speed network and allows sharing of multiple resources.

Examples of MAN: Telephone company network that provides a high speed DSL to customers and cable TV network, branches of a nationalised bank in several cities connected together.