Patent ID: RE41211

Claim:
A system for filling subscriber orders for broadband services to be received by a broadband receiver at a subscriber station, the system comprising: a base station configured to communicate with the subscriber's station to receive said subscriber orders for broadband services therefrom; and a central control and distribution unit configured to communicate with the base station and to provide broad band services to the broadband receiver at the subscriber station on a broad band network not associated with the base station, said broad band services being provided in accordance with said subscriber orders for broadband services relayed from the base station after receipt from the subscriber station, said subscriber station including, a global system for mobile communications (GSM) unit including an SIM card unit and GSM radio equipment configured to communicate with the base station, and a control unit configured to communicate with a subscriber order input device providing said subscriber orders for broadband services and to forward said subscriber orders for broadband services to the GSM unit to be relayed to the base station by the GSM radio equipment in the GSM unit, wherein the SPA SIM -card unit is configured to debit an associated SIM-card for the value of the broadband services included in said subscriber orders for broadband services.