On line web portal for private network service providers

A system for enabling a plurality of carriers to participate in an Ethernet exchange service, comprising:

• a web-enabled user interface and a physical integrated switch fabric having one or more Ethernet exchangers, the plurality of carriers having their private Ethernet networks connected to ports of the one or more Ethernet exchangers, where they are configured to provision virtual circuits interconnecting the private Ethernet networks,
• wherein the physical integrated switch fabric is configured to enable each of the plurality of carriers to assign roles and rights and permissions to an administrator and to a group of representatives to act on behalf of each of the plurality of carriers,
• wherein the web-enabled user interface is configured to provide a different experience to the administrator and each of the representatives in the group based on one or more of their roles and rights and permissions, and
• one or more templates from the web-enabled user interface configured to permit the administrator and one or more of the representatives in the group to enter lit building information on behalf of their carrier, wherein the lit building information is stored in a searchable database for discovery by other carriers, where portions of the system including the web-enabled user interface and the physical integrated switch fabric are implemented by software scripted routines, hardware logic, and any combination of both, and any software is tangibly stored on a non-transitory machine-readable medium.