Patent ID: 8655979

Claim:
A method of replacing a first network demarcation device, the method, comprising: establishing a first connection from a service computer to the first network demarcation device via a service interface of the first network demarcation device, wherein the first network demarcation device isolates an internal transport medium from an external transport medium; accessing a storage arrangement of the first network demarcation device with the service computer; using the service computer to select configuration information of the first network demarcation device; establishing a second connection between a copy interface of the first network demarcation device and a copy interface of a replacement demarcation device; using the service computer to cause the selected configuration information to be transferred from the first network demarcation device to the replacement demarcation device; interfacing the replacement demarcation device to the internal transport medium and the external transport medium, wherein the internal transport medium comprises a customer's premises having a plurality of telecommunication services provisioned via the replacement network demarcation device and wherein the external transport medium comprises a telecommunication services network through which a plurality of telecommunication services are simultaneously provided to a customer's premises; and attaching the replacement demarcation device to an exterior wall of the customer's premises.