1. A method for communicating failures in a metro Ethernet network (MEN), the method comprising: communicating packets through a plurality of maintenance entities; determining there is a failure between or at one of the plurality of maintenance entities; generating an alarm at a maintenance entity nearest the failure in response to determining there is a failure, the alarm indicates a location of the failure; and communicating the alarm back through one or more of the plurality of maintenance entities to a maintenance end point, wherein the alarm is routed at least two a communications service provider determined to be associated with the failure.