Abstract: Aspects of the subject disclosure may include, for example, a device connected to a multi-port switch via a dedicated hardwire connection, where the multi-port switch is connected to a plurality of premises without utilizing residential gateways. The device can receive, via the dedicated hardwire connection from communication devices of a group of premises of the plurality of premises, network traffic. The device can partition the network traffic into property management traffic and user traffic and can determine types of the property management traffic. The device can transmit, via an application programming interface, the property management traffic to equipment of one or more entities according to the types of the property management traffic. The device can transmit, over a network, the user traffic to recipient devices. Other embodiments are disclosed.