Photonic home area network fiber/power insertion apparatus

A subscriber area network for distributing data from an external communications data network, the subscriber area network comprising:

• a head-end communications circuit for formatting a plurality of communications network segment data into a multiplexed data signal transmittable through a photonic multi-access channel having a downstream channel and an upstream channel, said head-end communications circuit having a bi-directional interface electrically connectable to the external communications data network and to said photonic multi-access channel;
• at least one communications routing circuit in bilateral communication with said head-end communications circuit through said multi-access channel, each said routing circuit having a microcontroller circuit with a photonic interface for converting an optical transmission to a corresponding electrical signal transmission, and an extractor for culling a distribution instruction segment from said multiplexed data signal, said microcontroller circuit bi-directionally routing said multiplexed data signal through a plurality of subscriber terminals each having a downstream terminal and an upstream terminal;
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• at least one station module photonically connectable to said upstream terminal and said downstream terminal of a subscriber terminal of said plurality of subscriber terminals.