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In accordance with the invention, a method is provided for remotely managing a plurality of network element of a telecommunications network through a special communication link including a computer internet such as a local area network, the world wide web or the Internet. A management computer is co

In accordance with the invention, a method is provided for remotely managing a plurality of network element of a telecommunications network through a special communication link including a computer internet such as a local area network, the world wide web or the Internet. A management computer is connected to an element management system server through a communication link including the computer internet. At least one of the plurality of network elements is also coupled to the element management server through the computer internet and the at least one of the plurality of network elements is managed via communications conveyed through the element management server between the management computer and the at least one network element.

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1. In a telecommunications network having a plurality of network elements, a method of managing at least one of the network elements, comprising the steps of:connecting a management computer to an element management server through a communication link including a computer internet; coupling the at l

1. In a telecommunications network having a plurality of network elements, a method of managing at least one of the network elements, comprising the steps of:connecting a management computer to an element management server through a communication link including a computer internet; coupling the at least one of the plurality of network elements to the element management server through the computer internet including coupling the at least one of the plurality of network elements to an associated applications processor with a management agent application for interfacing the element management server with the network element; and managing the at least one of the plurality of network elements via communications conveyed through the element management server between the management computer and the at least one network element, including the steps of receiving requests at the network element from a plurality of different management computers to poll for network element attributes which are the same, polling for the attributes which are the same only as if there were only one request for polling of the same attributes, and providing the results of the polling of the same attributes to all of the different management computers that requested polling of the same attributes.