of a different size and shape than other subscriber devices a docking interface 58 sized to the particular subscriber device 50 may be used to couple the subscriber device to the subscriber station 24 in operation the control unit 12 integrates and manages multi media communication among the local communication devices 20 and between each local communication device 20 and a remote service provider not shown over the service provider 39 s multi media communication medium 18 more specifically the control unit 12 translates received multi media communication signals from the multi media communication medium 18 or a source local device 20 to the protocols required for use by the destination local communication device 20 or the multi media communication medium 18 the control unit 12 includes a multi media communication service provider bay 14 which operatively couples one of a plurality of communication medium modules 16 a 16 d to the control unit 12 each communication medium module 16 a 16 d is configured to interface with a service provider 39 s multi media communication medium 18 a 18 d for purposes of illustration communication module 16 a may be a cable modem module for communicating over coaxial cable 36 with a multi media communication service provider such as a local cable company communication module 16 b may be a wide area network radio for communication over a wireless spectrum channel 38 with a wide area wireless multi media communication service provider such as an analog or digital cellular pcs telephone service provider communication module 16 c may be a customer service unit csu for communication over a t 1 line 40 with a multi media communication provider such as a local telephone service provider and communication module 16 d may be an optical modem for communication over a.