The CMTS 12 with integral components also provides access routing for any of Asynchronous Transfer Mode (???ATM???), Asymmetric Digital Subscriber Lines (???ADSL???), Voice over Internet Protocol (???VoIP???), IP 54, etc. or cable data television streams to CMs 16 and CPEs 18 on the cable network 14.In one preferred embodiment of the present invention, the switch 142 is a telephony or data switch