A network node device and method connects one or more telephone wirelines to one or more wireless connections. The node device has one or more connections to one or more telephone wirelines, one or more wireless signal generators supporting one or more wireless connections, an interconnection switch that makes and breaks one or more interconnections between the telephone wirelines and the respective wireless signal generators, and a bridge that bridges signals from multiple wireless connections to one or more of the telephone wirelines. Privacy functions can also be included.