Patent ID: 8098587

Claim:
An apparatus for providing a network service, comprising: a processor having access to a non-transitory machine readable medium embedding processor-executable instructions and a database; a first port configured to communicate with customer premise equipment in compliance with a digital service level 1 transmission standard and a second port configured to communicate with a digital subscriber line access multiplexer in compliance with a symmetric high bit rate digital subscriber loop transmission standard; wherein the database stores a network service parameter selected from the group consisting of network utilization, latency, network availability, and bandwidth; wherein the processor executable instructions include instructions to: convert data between data utilizing a digital service level 1 transmission standard and data utilizing a symmetric high bit rate digital subscriber loop transmission standard; provide access to the network service parameter to a network device; and communicate, via a dedicated management channel, with a remote management device to enable the remote management device to manage an aspect of the network service via the apparatus.