A network terminal and an Internet Protocol IP access node in an access
network. The network terminal gives instant access to a multitude of
communication services such as telephony, video, data, multi media as well
as services provided by Internet. In the access network IP is used as an
internal multiplexing and transport technique. The speed at which data is
transported on the access line is limited by the used modem technique, not
by the restrictions posed by the general public switched telephone
network. Several terminals may be connected to one and the same access
line.