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Shared DSL network and deployment method

  • US 8,170,004 B2
  • Filed: 08/08/2006
  • Issued: 05/01/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/08/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A wireline network comprising:

  • at least one network connection connecting at least one telephony network switching device to a respective first customer communications node;

    a plurality of second customer communications nodes distributed amongst a plurality of customer premises;

    a plurality of interconnections between the customer communications nodes, inclusive of the respective first customer communications node and the plurality of second customer communication nodes, such that all of the customer communications nodes are interconnected in a linear manner across the plurality of customer premises and have at least one communications path to the at least one telephony network switching device, each interconnection comprising an electrically conductive twisted wire pair; and

    a traffic add/drop function in each customer communications node.

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