Patent ID: 6754329
Filing Date: 2004-06-22
Classification: H04L,H04M,H04Q

Abstract:
A method of providing telecommunications service comprising the steps of:providing telecommunications service for telecommunications equipment of a first subscriber via an automated, physical, metallic, matrix cross-connect switch connected to a telecommunications network, the automated cross-connect switch remotely operable to break and establish physical connections under control by a processor and implemented between a central office and a subscriber location, the telecommunications equipment of the first subscriber physically connected to a first telecommunications service; receiving, at a network operations center remote from and communicatively connected to the automated cross connect switch, an indication that the first subscriber has terminated or changed service; in response to receiving, at the network operations center, the indication that the first subscriber has changed service, transmitting a command to the automated cross connect switch to automatically switch the physical connection of the telecommunications equipment of the first subscriber from the first telecommunications service to a second telecommunications service; and in response to receiving the command at the automated cross-connect switch, automatically under control by a processor breaking the physical connection of the telecommunications equipment of the first subscriber with the first telecommunications service and to establish a physical connection of the telecommunications equipment of the first subscriber with the second telecommunications service.