'Create a new network in an MCP 1.0 location
:param   location: The target location (MCP1)
:type    location: :class:`NodeLocation` or ``str``
:param   name: The name of the network
:type    name: ``str``
:param   description: Additional description of the network
:type    description: ``str``
:return: A new instance of `DimensionDataNetwork`
:rtype:  Instance of :class:`DimensionDataNetwork`'

def ex_create_network(self, location, name, description=None):

    network_location = self._location_to_location_id(location)
    create_node = ET.Element('NewNetworkWithLocation', {'xmlns': NETWORK_NS})
    ET.SubElement(create_node, 'name').text = name
    if (description is not None):
        ET.SubElement(create_node, 'description').text = description
    ET.SubElement(create_node, 'location').text = network_location
    self.connection.request_with_orgId_api_1('networkWithLocation', method='POST', data=ET.tostring(create_node))
    network = list(filter((lambda x: (x.name == name)), self.ex_list_networks(location)))[0]
    return network
