Patent ID: 7505452

Claim:
A dynamically provisioned telecommunications system, the system comprising: a control module adapted to: receive from a central office an identification of a selected access source to be communicatively coupled with a subscriber line, the selected access source being one of a plurality of access sources and adapted to provide a first telecommunications service from a first of a plurality of service pools; and generate a switch control signal as a function of the received identification; and an electromechanical cross connect, comprising: an electromechanical switch, communicatively coupled with the control device, and adapted to operate in at least a first mode and a second mode, wherein: the electromechanical switch provides a communicative coupling between the selected access source and the subscriber line when operating in the first mode; the electromechanical switch provides a communicative coupling between a second of the plurality of access sources and the subscriber line when operating in the second mode, the second of the plurality of access sources being adapted to provide a second telecommunications service from a second of the plurality of service pools; and the electromechanical switch is adapted to receive the switch control signal and switch to the first mode in response to the control signal, thereby providing the subscriber line with access to the first telecommunications service via the selected access source when operating in the first mode; wherein the control module and the electromechanical cross connect are collocated within telecommunications equipment, the telecommunications equipment being located at a subscriber premises associated with the subscriber line, the subscriber premises being located remote from the central office.