Patent ID: 6901142

Claim:
A network termination of a telecommunications network, comprising an interface on the network side, at least one analog interface on the subscriber-line side, at least one digital interface on the subscriber-line side, and switching means for selectively coupling the interface on the network side to one of said at least one analog interface on the subscriber-line side and said at least one digital interface on the subscriber-line side, wherein the switching means comprise a detector and a switch controllable by the detector, and said switching means is interposed between the interface on the network side, the at least one analog interface on the subscriber-line side, and the at least one digital interface on the subscriber-line side, wherein the detector operates to receive a switching signal and operates the switch in response to the switching signal, and wherein the detector is operable to receive the switching signal telemetrically via the telecommunications network and via a manually operable switch provided at the network termination.