Method and system for installing premise equipment

A system for initiating communication service, comprising:

• a trust server associated with a trusted address and operable to authenticate communication devices;
• a portal associated with a portal address and operable to connect communication devices to a network;
• a communication device operable to:
• request, using a trusted address stored in the communication device, a portal address from the trust server;
• receive, after the trust server has authenticated the communication device, the portal address from the trust server;
• and
• initiate communication on a network coupled to the portal, using the portal address.

Logic for initiating communication service, the logic encoded in media and operable when executed to:

• request, at a communication device, a portal address from a trust server located at the trusted address stored in the communication device;
• authenticate the communication device at the trust server;
• transmit from the trust server to the communication device the portal address in response to the trust server authenticating the communication device;
• request, with the communication device, a proxy address from a portal located at the portal address;
• receive, at the communication device, a proxy address from the portal;
• and
• initiate communication on a network coupled to the portal using the communication device.

A system for initiating communication service, comprising:

• means for coupling a communication device to a network, the communication device storing a trusted address that is associated with a trust server;
• means for requesting, with the communication device, a portal address from the trust server located at the trusted address;
• means for authenticating the communication device at the trust server;
• means for transmitting from the trust server to the communication device the portal address in response to the trust server authenticating the communication device;
• means for requesting, with the communication device, a proxy address from a portal located at the portal address;
• means for receiving, at the communication device, a proxy address from the portal;
• and
• means for initiating communication on a network coupled to the portal using the communication device.