1 that is in the reverse link direction it converts the t1 formatted signals from the intermediate frequency carrier in a range of from 5 40 mhz back down to the baseband t1 format in the forward link direction the translator 44 1 accepts signals converted from the lan hub 18 through the bridge 46 1 upbanding them onto a convenient carrier such as in the range of from 50 750 mhz for coupling over the catv plant 15 1 for more information concerning the details of a suitable translator 38 1 and 44 1 reference can be had to a co pending u s patent application ser no 08 998 874 filed dec 24 1997 entitled u201c remotely controlled gain control of transceiver used to interconnect wireless telephones to a broadband network u201d the remote bridge 46 1 then reconverts the translated reverse link signals back to ethernet compatible signals such as 10 baset or 100 baset signals which may then be processed by the lan hub 18 or other compatible internetworking devices it should be understood that the catv plant 15 1 may be replaced by other types of broadband distribution networks which may be conveniently available within the area 11 the one consideration which cannot be altered is that the end to end propagation delays of the remoting medium must be considered to comply with the end to end delay criteria specified by the ethernet 802 3 standard for example optical transport.