The local office 103 may include an interface 104, which may be a termination system (TS), such as a cable modem termination system (CMTS), which may be a computing device configured to manage communications between devices on the network of the links 101 and backend devices such as an edge device manager 105, an edge cache 106, and a content on-demand device 107 (to be discussed further below). The interface may be as specified in a standard, such as, in an example of an HFC-type network, the Data Over Cable Service Interface Specification (DOCSIS) standard, published by Cable Television Laboratories, Inc. (a.k.a. CableLabs), or it may be a similar or modified device instead. The interface may be configured to place data on one or more downstream channels or frequencies to be received by devices, such as modems at the various homes 102, and to receive upstream communications from those modems on one or more upstream frequencies.

The local office 103 may also include one or more network interfaces 108, which can permit the local office 103 to communicate with various other local offices, devices, and/or network 109. The interface 108 may include corresponding circuitry needed to communicate with other local offices, devices, and/or networks. For example, the interface 108 may facilitate communications with other devices on networks such as a cellular telephone networks and/or satellite networks.