Consists of sets of equipment [Customer Premises Equipment (CPE) and/or Customer Premises Network (CPN) and/or public network providing VPN services] which are located at geographically dispersed locations and are interconnected to provide networking services to a defined group of users.
NOTE 1 – The ownership of the equipment is not relevant to this definition.
NOTE 2 – Even equipment which is not geographically dispersed (e.g. a single PINX or a Centrex providing service to users at a single location) may form a CN.