Patent ID: 7068682

Claim:
A system for distributing data signals from a telecommunication network to at least one analog signal receiver within a customer premises comprising: a network interface device connected to receive digital data signals from the telecommunication network, the network interface device providing at least one network connection point to the customer premises; a first diplexer having an analog signal port, a digital signal port, and a combined signal port, the first diplexer passing analog signals between the analog signal port and the combined signal port and passing digital signals between the digital signal port and the combined signal port, the first diplexer digital signal port in communication with a connection point on the network interface device; a second diplexer having an analog signal port, a digital signal port, and a combined signal port, the second diplexer passing analog signals between the analog signal port and the combined signal port and passing digital signals between the digital signal port and the combined signal port, the second diplexer combined signal port in communication with the first diplexer combined signal port; and a gateway generating analog data signals from digital data signals received through a gateway digital input port, the analog data signals provided to a gateway analog output port, the gateway digital input port in communication with the second diplexer digital signal port and the gateway analog output port in communication with the second diplexer analog signal port; wherein analog signals are available to the at least one receiver at the first diplexer analog signal port and at the second diplexer analog signal port.