Abstract: Technology for providing subscribers with communication services in accordance with their agreements with a service provider, that comprises: a) determining a plurality of subscribers to be connected to the service provider via a distribution unit located in an access network; b) selecting a default advanced broadband technology (DABT) for the distribution unit; c) in the distribution unit, providing a plurality of communication devices to reserve for each of the plurality of subscribers, irrespective of their agreements reached with the service provider, an individual communication link for supplying broadband communication services based on the selected DABT; while d) enabling each of the plurality of subscribers to receive services in accordance with their respective agreements with the service provider.

Abstract: Technology for providing subscribers with communication services in accordance with their agreements with a service provider, that comprises: a) determining a plurality of subscribers to be connected to the service provider via a distribution unit located in an access network; b) selecting a default advanced broadband technology (DABT) for the distribution unit; c) in the distribution unit, providing a plurality of communication devices to reserve for each of the plurality of subscribers, irrespective of their agreements reached with the service provider, an individual communication link for supplying broadband communication services based on the selected DABT; while d) enabling each of the plurality of subscribers to receive services in accordance with their respective agreements with the service provider.

Abstract: An automated facsimile/voice memory managing system includes a facsimile board for receiving and transmitting facsimile document information through a telephone line, a voice response board for receiving and transmitting voice information through a telephone line; a storage device for storing voice information and facsimile document information, and a central processing unit (CPU) for controlling the facsimile board and the voice response board in response to the selection of different keys of a touch-tone telephone by, for example, an administrator of the system, without the use of a keyboard, printer, or monitor, to, for example, change different parameters of the system configuration, store new voice information in the storage device for use by a subsequent user of the system, and store new facsimile document information in the storage device for later transmission to a subsequent user of the system.