| 摘要 |
A method provides for selectively coupling a communication appliance (210) at a given premise that can be controlled externally to one or more of a plurality of external networks. A digital splitter (270) is provided at the subscriber premises and the splitter is coupled to various internal communication networks at the customer premises, such as a telephone network (240), a PC local area network (250) or a television transmission. The digital splitter also interfaces to a plurality of external networks, such as a local telephone service via a local exchange carrier (242), a cable system head end (217), a wireless communication system (234), an optical fiber network (218) or other information delivery systems. The controller on one of the external networks can also be remotely enable or disable various ones of the services to which the user subscribers and the digital splitter, in response to such controls, can either enable or disable the provisioning of the service to the appropriate communication appliance at the premise. |
