Abstract: An integrated telephone and cable network comprising a telephone network including at least one directing center and first network cabling connecting a directing center to a multiplicity of subscribers, a cable network including at least one headend and second network cabling connecting a headend to the multiplicity of subscribers, a subscriber telephone facility including first subscriber cabling and at least one telephone appliance, a subscriber cable facility including second subscriber cabling and at least one cable appliance, and a subscriber interface unit interfacing between the subscriber telephone facility and the subscriber cable facility and the first and second network cabling whereby communication is enabled between the first subscriber cabling and the second network cabling and between the second subscriber cabling and the first network cabling.