Value Added Network


Value Added Network

(networking)(VAN) A privately owned network that provides aspecific service, such as legal research or access to aspecialised database, for a fee. A Value Added Networkusually offers some service or information that is not readilyavailable on public networks.

A Value Added Network's customers typically purchase leased lines that connect them to the network or they use a dial-up number, given by the network owner, to gain access to thenetwork.