Telecommunications system and subscriber equipment therefor

Subscriber equipment for use in a telecommunications system having a shelf for connection both to a telephone network and to a wideband network and having a plurality of subscriber lines for connection to subscriber equipment at a plurality of subscriber premises, each subscriber equipment comprising:

• a lowpass filter (42) for use at a subscriber's premises (54), responsive to a telephony signal (50, 52) occupying a baseband position in a frequency division multiplexed signal (36) also having a wideband signal (58, 74) occupying a position above baseband, for only providing said telephony signal between said lowpass filter (42) and a subscriber's telephone (56) for use in voice communications between said subscriber's premises and said telephone network;
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• a digital subscriber line modem (72) for use at the subscriber's premises, for connection to said frequency division multiplexed signal for only providing said wideband signal between said digital subscriber line modem (72) and a subscriber's data terminal (76) for use in digital communications between said subscriber's premises and said wideband network.