System and method for delivering communication signals

A method for delivering to a plurality of subscribers a first signal that is subject to right-of-way franchise fees, wherein the method comprises:

• transmitting a second signal and a third signal from a first side of the right-of way, through the right-of-way, and to an optical network unit located on a second side of the right-of-way, wherein the first side is opposite the second side, the second signal comprising at least a voice signal, the third signal comprising at least a packetized data signal, the second signal and third signal transmitted through the right-of-way via the same fiber optic network;
• receiving, via a wireless communication, the first signal on the second side of the right-of-way such that the first signal does not pass through the right-of-way, the first signal comprising at least a video signal;
• combining the first signal, the second signal and the third signal into a combined signal on the second side of the right-of-way at a wave division multiplexer and multiplexing the first signal with the second and third signals using the wave division multiplexer, wherein the wave division multiplexer is located between and in communication with the optical network unit and one of the plurality of subscribers via fiber optic strands;
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• routing the combined signal in the direction of the one of the plurality of subscribers, wherein the one of the plurality of subscribers is on the second side of the right-of-way.

A method for delivering to a plurality of subscribers a first signal that is free of right-of-way franchise fees, wherein the method comprises:

• transmitting a second signal and a third signal from a central office through a right-of-way to an optical network unit, wherein the central office is located on a first side of the right-of-way and the optical network unit is located on a second side of the right-of-way opposite the first side, the second signal comprising at least a voice signal, the third signal comprising at least packetized data, the second signal and third signal transmitted through the right-of-way via the same fiber optic network;
• receiving the first signal at a wireless receiver located on the second side of the right-of-way, the first signal comprising at least a video signal;
• transmitting the first signal from the wireless receiver to a multiplexer without crossing the right-of-way, the multiplexer located between and in communication with the optical network unit and a local terminal via fiber optic strands;
• combining the first signal, the second signal and the third signal into a combined signal at the multiplexer;
• routing the combined signal from the multiplexer to a local terminal that is located on the second side of the right-of-way;
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• separating the combined signal into the first signal, the second signal and the third signal at the local terminal.

A method for delivering to a plurality of subscribers a video signal that is free of right-of-way franchise fees, wherein the method comprises:

• receiving both a telephony signal and a packetized data signal by an optical network unit over the same fiber optic network, wherein the telephony signal and packetized data signal travel through a right-of-way to be received by the optical network unit;
• receiving by a multiplexer a video signal from a wireless receiver, the multiplexer located between and in communication with the optical network unit and one of the plurality of subscribers via fiber optic strands;
• combining by the multiplexer the telephony signal, the packetized data signal and the video signal into a combined signal;
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• distributing by the multiplexer the combined signal to the one of the plurality of subscribers.