Patent ID: 7480503

Claim:
A system for providing telephone services to a customer premises, the system comprising: an antenna affixed to the exterior of the customer premises, to transmit outbound voice communications in a wireless protocol and to receive inbound voice communications in the wireless protocol, wherein the antenna is further configured to transmit and receive data communications in the wireless protocol, a demarcation device is further configured to convert inbound data communications from the wireless protocol to a digital data format and to convert outbound data communications from the digital data format to the wireless protocol; the demarcation device, coupled with the antenna, the demarcation device to convert the inbound voice communications from the wireless protocol to a wired format and to convert the outbound voice communications from the wired format to the wireless protocol; an interface to the customer premises, coupled with the demarcation device, to transmit the inbound voice communications in the wired format to the customer premises via a first internal transport medium and to transmit the outbound voice communications received in the wired format on the first internal transport medium to the demarcation device; and a data interface to the customer premises, coupled with the demarcation device, to transmit the inbound data communications in the digital format to the customer premises via a second internal transport medium and to transmit the outbound data communications received in the digital format on the second internal transport medium to the demarcation device.