CPC H04J 14/00 (2013.01) | 22 Claims |
1. An apparatus, comprising:
a wall-mountable outlet, comprising an enclosure and a faceplate mechanically coupled to the enclosure, wherein said faceplate is configured for direct engagement with a surface of a wall, said faceplate comprising a connector accessible through the faceplate configured to accommodate communicable coupling between an information appliance and an external network, wherein said enclosure of the wall-mountable outlet is configured to be mounted within a wall box opening in a wall;
an optical network terminal (ONT) provided in the enclosure, the ONT comprising:
an optical-electrical (O-E) data converter;
a switch configured to selectively couple data between a passive optical network (PON) controller and the connector;
a power management module configured to receive power from one or more copper wires, wherein the power management module comprises a noise decoupling circuit configured to decouple noise from the copper wires; and
an external network power over Ethernet (PoE) source configured to provide power to said ONT.
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