A method of counter-propagation of optical carriers for downstream analog video and upstream digital data on a first optical signal conductor, together with counter propagation of optical carriers for upstream analog return and downstream digital data on a second optical signal conductor, comprising: propagating a first downstream signal on the first optical signal conductor from a first upstream combiner to a first downstream combiner, the first downstream signal including a first analog video broadcast signal; counter-propagating a first upstream signal on the first optical signal conductor from the first downstream combiner to the first upstream combiner, the first upstream signal including a first digital signal; propagating a second downstream signal on the second optical signal conductor from a second upstream combiner to a second downstream combiner, wherein the second downstream signal includes a second digital signal; counter-propagating a second upstream signal on the second optical signal conductor from the second downstream combiner to the second upstream combiner, wherein the second upstream signal includes a second analog return signal; broadcasting at least a portion of the first downstream signal to a plurality of users and conveying a signal from at least one of the plurality of users to an input port of the second downstream combiner as the second upstream signal; and distributing at least a portion of the second downstream signal to the plurality of users and conveying a signal from at least one of the plurality of users to an input port of the first downstream combiner as the first upstream signal, wherein on both the first optical signal conductor and the second optical signal conductor analog signals are conducted in a first direction while digital data signals are conducted in a second opposite direction. propagating a first downstream signal on the first optical signal conductor from a first upstream combiner to a first downstream combiner, the first downstream signal including a first analog video broadcast signal; counter-propagating a first upstream signal on the first optical signal conductor from the first downstream combiner to the first upstream combiner, the first upstream signal including a first digital signal; propagating a second downstream signal on the second optical signal conductor from a second upstream combiner to a second downstream combiner, wherein the second downstream signal includes a second digital signal; counter-propagating a second upstream signal on the second optical signal conductor from the second downstream combiner to the second upstream combiner, wherein the second upstream signal includes a second analog return signal; broadcasting at least a portion of the first downstream signal to a plurality of users and conveying a signal from at least one of the plurality of users to an input port of the second downstream combiner as the second upstream signal; and distributing at least a portion of the second downstream signal to the plurality of users and conveying a signal from at least one of the plurality of users to an input port of the first downstream combiner as the first upstream signal, wherein on both the first optical signal conductor and the second optical signal conductor analog signals are conducted in a first direction while digital data signals are conducted in a second opposite direction.