| 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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