Abstract: A technique for reducing or eliminating the access charges typically payable by an IXC to a LEC, and, in turn, payable by the subscriber to the IXC, for originating long distance calls by providing a hardwire connection between the IXC and the customer premises. The hardwire connection is created by purchasing analog facilities from the LEC which originate at the Central Office and connecting these facilities directly to a Central Office D4 multiplexer. The terminating end of the analog facilities are installed at the subscriber premises and terminated on a standard RJ11X four wire jack. The voice interface modules typically used in the D4 multiplexer are replaced by Foreign Exchange Subscriber (FXS) modules which perform A/D conversion of the analog voice data provided over the analog facilities from the customer premises.

Abstract: A communications platform for enabling the cost-effective deployment of fixed wireless local loop telephone services to residential and commercial subscribers. The platform includes at least one Independent Central Office located within a new residential or commercial development, and connected to the public switched telephone network (PSTN), at least one subscriber base station, and subscriber terminals communicating with the fixed network via a fixed wireless local loop radio path. The customer premise equipment of the telephone subscriber is connected to a switch at the Independent Central Office facility via the fixed wireless local loop radio path, and the switch at the Independent Central Office facility is connected to the incumbent local exchange carrier (LEC) switch at the LEC Central Office facility via direct inward dialing (DID) and direct outbound dialing (DOD) services provided via respective DID and DOD trunk lines.