Techniques for configuring customer premises equipment for communication with a provider network include establishing a physical layer network connection between a particular customer node and a first provider node. The methods can be utilized during the production of dynamic random access memory modules. In another embodiment, the internal electrical connection layer includes carbon element with a concentration greater than 1017 atomscm3. The prioritizing by the device takes into consideration a change or a variation, over time, of at least one of an application characteristic, an application requirement, a flow characteristic or a flow requirement. Conveniently, a ratio of 2:1 may be used.