Being laptops, they were often connected to third-party networks like client networks, hotels, even their own home networks.

Its carrier-neutral colocation and interconnection services facilitate the exchange of voice, video, data and Internet traffic between multiple third-party networks.

The ads were eventually stopped when the New York Times temporarily disabled ads displayed by third-party networks and investigated the source of the Personal Antivirus ads.

An AS can be located in the home network or in an external third-party network.

The primary purpose of an IXP is to allow networks to interconnect directly, via the exchange, rather than through one or more third-party networks.

The company currently employs about 2,300 people (as of September 30, 2011) across these locations, and additionally possesses a large third-party network of collection agency and litigators that spans the United States.

Additionally users have no control when bufferbloat occurs within the networks of their ISPs and other third-party networks throughout the Internet.

"We early on saw the value of a big owned and operated portal, plus a large third-party network," said Michael J. Kelly, president of AOL Media Networks.

Both MySpace and Facebook have announced new data portability initiatives that will let users exchange data, make friends, and interact with third-party social networks.

It can also be described as a VANS (Value-Added Network Supplier), where the 'value-add' is the design, provision, and management of multiple third-party networks for customers.