Cloud
The “cloud” is a simplified way of referring to the large and complex interior of carriers’ networks.
Often appearing on network diagrams, the cloud is used to differentiate point-to-point circuits (such as KiloStream) from non point-to-point circuits (ISDN, MPLS, etc), by showing the non point-to-point circuits “disappearing” into the cloud between one site and another
These non point-to-point circuits are essentially managed by the carrier, in that the customer’s data may travel an unspecified route through the network but to the end user the difference is transparent.
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