Telecommunications cable - namely, broadband, high speed hybrid fiber-optic and electrical voice, data and video transmission cable linking residential and business subscribers to local and global telecommunication and telephony systems, local area networks and wide area networks; telecommunications network management systems, namely, computer-controlled electronic switch matrices, and software for controlling switch matrices, routing digital signals and providing billing and marketing information; fiber-optic devices, namely, proprietary node located within a subscriber's premises connected to electronic appliances, proprietary network interface device located on applicant's proprietary local node; electro-optical devices, namely, switching and transfer point connecting applicant's local node to a global fiber-optic network; opto-electrical devices, namely, fiber interface devices connecting electrical and fiber signals located on applicant's proprietary local node; set top boxes and connectors, namely, proprietary user interface device connecting subscriber's electronic appliances to applicant's proprietary complete local node; telephone systems, namely, switching units, electrical power supplies, attendant consoles, telephone station sets, structural components and structural parts therefor