A Private Network Access Point (PNAP) packet switched network is provided where
two customers connected to the same PNAP exchange traffic through the PNAP without
transiting over the backbones of the Internet. In addition, a multi-homed customer
connected to the PNAP is provided with access to the PNAP optimized routing table
so that the customer will also have the ability to know the best route for a particular
destination. In this way, if a multi-homed customer connected to a particular National
Service Provider (NSP) to which a destination is also connected, the PNAP customer
can use the PNAP information regarding the NSP to send the information to the destination
through that commonly connected NSP in the most direct fashion.