A system, comprising: a) a mobile telephone switching office subsystem having a first aggregation router and a second aggregation router; b) a hub router communicatively connected to said mobile telephone switching office subsystem via a network backhaul network; and c) a mobile telephone cell site router communicatively connected to said hub router such that said cell site router is communicatively connected to said mobile telephone switching office subsystem via said hub router, said cell site router configured to establish a communication tunnel between said cell site router and said hub router; wherein said hub router is configured to d) establish a communication tunnel from said hub router -to said first aggregation router over said network backhaul connection, e) establish a backup communication tunnel from said hub router to said second aggregation router over said network backhaul connection, wherein said backup communication tunnel is pre-signaled as a backup to said communication tunnel, f) detect at least one traffic forwarding failure associated with said communication tunnel, g) redirect network backhaul traffic directed to said first aggregation router via said communication tunnel to said second aggregation router via said backup communication tunnel -in response to said at least one traffic forwarding failure, and h1) break out select network traffic, received at said hub router 310 from said mobile telephone cell site router and directed to another mobile telephone cell site router communicatively connected to said hub router, for management by said hub router instead of said mobile telephone switching office subsystem; and h2) wherein said break out of said select network traffic for management by said hub router comprises said hub router redirecting said select network traffic downstream such that said select network traffic is not forwarded upstream for management by said mobile telephone switching office subsystem. a) a mobile telephone switching office subsystem having a first aggregation router and a second aggregation router; b) a hub router communicatively connected to said mobile telephone switching office subsystem via a network backhaul network; and c) a mobile telephone cell site router communicatively connected to said hub router such that said cell site router is communicatively connected to said mobile telephone switching office subsystem via said hub router, said cell site router configured to establish a communication tunnel between said cell site router and said hub router; wherein said hub router is configured to d) establish a communication tunnel from said hub router -to said first aggregation router over said network backhaul connection, e) establish a backup communication tunnel from said hub router to said second aggregation router over said network backhaul connection, wherein said backup communication tunnel is pre-signaled as a backup to said communication tunnel, f) detect at least one traffic forwarding failure associated with said communication tunnel, g) redirect network backhaul traffic directed to said first aggregation router via said communication tunnel to said second aggregation router via said backup communication tunnel -in response to said at least one traffic forwarding failure, and h1) break out select network traffic, received at said hub router 310 from said mobile telephone cell site router and directed to another mobile telephone cell site router communicatively connected to said hub router, for management by said hub router instead of said mobile telephone switching office subsystem; and h2) wherein said break out of said select network traffic for management by said hub router comprises said hub router redirecting said select network traffic downstream such that said select network traffic is not forwarded upstream for management by said mobile telephone switching office subsystem.