Abstract: A global information network protocol videophone adapter system that provides telephony for residential users with high bandwidth data access. The system has the features of a conventional video telephone that uses regular telephone lines, but offers an improved video quality due to the availability of higher bandwidth data. Only a television set, a video camera and a microphone are necessary as adjunct devices to the adapter device. The adapter device should be connected to a cable modem or an Asynchronous Digital Subscriber Line modem for a high bandwidth network access.