Patent ID: 7725913

Claim:
A system for delivering to a subscriber located on a second side of a right-of-way a video signal that is free from a right-of-way franchise fee, the system comprising: a central office located on a first side of a right-of-way; an optical network unit on a second side of the right-of-way in communication with the central office, wherein the central office transmits both a telephony signal and a packetized data signal over the same fiber optic network to the optical network unit, the optical network unit connected to the fiber optic network via a dedicated fiber optic strand, the optical network unit being located on the second side of the right-of-way opposite the first side such that the telephony signal and the packetized data signal must cross the right-of-way to reach the optical network unit; a multiplexer on the second side of the right-of-way located between and in communication with the optical network unit and the subscriber via fiber optic strands; and a wireless receiver located on the second side of the right-of-way, the wireless receiver receiving the video signal and transmitting the video signal to the multiplexer, the multiplexer combining the video signal, the telephony signal and the packetized data signal into a combined signal for routing to the subscriber.