Patent ID: 8189574

Claim:
A method of providing subscribers with communication services in accordance with their agreements with a service provider, the method comprising: determining a first plurality of subscribers to be connected to the service provider via a distribution unit located in an access network, the first plurality comprising different subscribers having current requirements for technologically advanced broadband communication services or for technologically less advanced communication services, respectively; in the distribution unit, providing a second plurality of communication devices for serving the first plurality of subscribers, selecting an advanced broadband technology to be produced by the distribution unit to be a default advanced broadband technology (DABT), wherein DABT is a more advanced than technology currently required by at least one of the subscribers; in the distribution unit, arranging said second plurality of communication devices so that said second plurality consisting only of uniform communication devices using the DABT, providing for each of said subscribers, irrespective of its individual agreement reached with the service provider, an individual permanent communication link for supplying, from one of the communication devices, respective broadband communication services by using said DABT, and enabling each of the plurality of subscribers to receive services in accordance with their respective agreements with the service provider, while reserving use of broadband capacity of each individual permanent communication link until the service agreements are upgraded.