Apparatus for facilitating combined POTS and xDSL services at a customer premises

A method for facilitating combined xDSL and POTS communication across a two wire pair and into a customer premises comprising the steps of:

• receiving a combined signal from a central office, the combined signal having both POTS and xDSL signals;
• transforming the xDSL signal by shifting it upward in frequency and reducing its amplitude;
• and
• directing the transformed signal into the customer premises.

An apparatus disposed at a point of entry of a customer premises for facilitating combined xDSL and POTS communication across a two wire pair, the combined xDSL and POTS communication comprising a POTS signal and an original xDSL signal, the apparatus comprising:

• a first communication port disposed for communication with a central office across a two wire pair;
• a second communication port for communication with the customer premises across a two wire pair;
• a tap disposed at the first communication port for splitting a combined xDSL and POTS signal into a first signal path and second signal path;
• a circuit disposed in the second signal path, the circuit configured to filter the POTS signal from the combined signal, the circuit further configured to regenerate an xDSL signal, such that the regenerated xDSL signal is transmitted at a lower amplitude and higher frequency than the original xDSL signal of the combined signal.