| 摘要 |
Apparatus 10 is provided for consumer access to broad-band services including the Internet. The apparatus 10 includes a telecommunication line 12 which was initially installed for connecting a payphone to the PSTN. The apparatus 10 also includes first connection equipment 16 located at the consumer access site 26. The equipment 16 provides communication from a consumer device 18-22, on telecommunication line 12 via broadband wireless transmission. Second connection equipment 24 at a distant end of the telecommunication line, for example in the CO, permits broadband transmission between the consumer device 18-22 and a destination in the PSTN or Internet 14. Methods according to the invention include transmitting and receiving (34) wireless signals to and from a consumer device, at a consumer end of a telecommunication line, which line was initially installed to connect a payphone to the publicly switched telephone network (PSTN). Further methods include transmitting (36) signals or data corresponding to the wireless signals over the telecommunications line between the consumer device and a destination.
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