Re-enterable housing for xDSL/POTS splitter

A housing for interconnecting customer premises equipment with a digital subscriber line (DSL) at a location remote from a telephone company central office, the housing comprising

• a base defining an interior cavity;
• a cover movably attached to the base and adapted to be opened and closed thereon;
• and
• at least one xDSL/POTS splitter positioned within the interior cavity defined by the base, the xDSL/POTS splitter combining a POTS signal and a data signal from the telephone company central office into a combined signal on the DSL and separating the combined signal on the DSL from the customer premises equipment into the POTS signal and the data signal.

A method for interconnecting customer premises equipment with a digital subscriber line (DSL) at a location remote from a telephone company central office, the method comprising

• providing an xDSL/POTS splitter at the location remote from the telephone company central office;
• routing a first telephone line comprising a POTS signal to the xDSL/POTS splitter;
• routing a second telephone line comprising a data signal to the xDSL/POTS splitter;
• combining the POTS signal and the data signal using the xDSL/POTS splitter to create a combined signal on the DSL comprising the POTS signal and the data signal;
• and
• routing the DSL between the xDSL/POTS splitter and the customer premises equipment.