Patent ID: 7385963

Claim:
A gateway for communicating telecommunication information, comprising: a telecommunication interface module operable to receive first telecommunication information for a first subscriber and second telecommunication information for a second subscriber circuit-switched from a telecommunication network, wherein the first and second telecommunication information is received in any of a plurality of various formats, the telecommunication interface module operable to provide the first telecommunication information and the second telecommunication information on a common bus; and one or more packetization modules operable to receive the first and second telecommunication information from the common bus, the one or more packetization modules operable to generate first data packets for communicating the first telecommunication information to first customer premises equipment according to a first data communication protocol associated with the first subscriber and to generate second data packets for communicating the second telecommunication information to second customer premises equipment according to a second data communication protocol associated with the second subscriber, wherein the first and second data communication protocols are selected from any of a plurality of various protocol types.