<s>
A	O
"	O
meet-me	B-Architecture
room	I-Architecture
"	O
(	O
MMR	O
)	O
is	O
a	O
place	O
within	O
a	O
colocation	B-Application
centre	I-Application
(	O
or	O
carrier	B-Application
hotel	I-Application
)	O
where	O
telecommunications	O
companies	O
can	O
physically	O
connect	O
to	O
one	O
another	O
and	O
exchange	O
data	O
without	O
incurring	O
local	B-Architecture
loop	I-Architecture
fees	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Services	O
provided	O
across	O
connections	O
in	O
an	O
MMR	O
may	O
be	O
voice	O
circuits	O
,	O
data	O
circuits	O
,	O
or	O
Internet	B-Protocol
Protocol	I-Protocol
traffic	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
is	O
typically	O
located	O
within	O
the	O
data	B-Operating_System
center	I-Operating_System
.	O
</s>
<s>
These	O
physical	O
connections	O
may	O
be	O
an	O
optical	O
fiber	O
cable	O
,	O
coaxial	O
cable	O
,	O
twisted	O
pair	O
,	O
or	O
any	O
other	O
networking	B-Device
medium	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Typically	O
,	O
a	O
meet-me	B-Architecture
room	I-Architecture
will	O
discourage	O
or	O
disallow	O
customers	O
from	O
installing	O
large	O
amounts	O
of	O
equipment	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
However	O
,	O
multiplexing	B-Architecture
equipment	O
is	O
often	O
welcome	O
in	O
the	O
meet-me	B-Architecture
room	I-Architecture
,	O
so	O
that	O
a	O
customer	O
can	O
have	O
a	O
single	O
connection	O
between	O
the	O
room	O
and	O
the	O
rest	O
of	O
their	O
equipment	O
in	O
the	O
building	O
,	O
and	O
the	O
multiplexing	B-Architecture
equipment	O
can	O
then	O
break	O
that	O
out	O
to	O
allow	O
for	O
direct	O
,	O
private	O
connections	O
to	O
several	O
other	O
organizations	O
present	O
in	O
the	O
meet-me	B-Architecture
room	I-Architecture
.	O
</s>
<s>
An	O
Internet	B-Protocol
exchange	I-Protocol
point	I-Protocol
can	O
also	O
be	O
present	O
in	O
a	O
meet-me	B-Architecture
room	I-Architecture
to	O
allow	O
many	O
organizations	O
in	O
the	O
meet-me	B-Architecture
room	I-Architecture
to	O
interchange	O
traffic	O
without	O
having	O
to	O
make	O
physical	O
interconnections	O
between	O
every	O
possible	O
pair	O
of	O
organizations	O
.	O
</s>
