Abstract: System for upstream broadband transmission in a communication system. The system includes an optical transceiver for providing upstream broadband transmissions between a plurality of end users and a head-end in a cable communication system. The optical transceiver is located in close proximity to the end users. The optical transceiver comprises a plurality of interface ports, one port for each of the end users, to receive electrical broadband upstream transmissions from each of the end users. The optical transceiver also comprises an optical output port for transmitting optical signals with the head-end, and logic to receive the electrical broadband upstream transmissions and combine them into an upstream optical signal that is transmitted from the optical output port to the head-end.