A method and apparatus for providing bifurcated voice and signaling traffic over a cable telephony architecture by segregating signaling traffic and voice traffic and transmitting the respective traffic over two different mediums to a controller to establish a phone call. Further described are methods for making a stretchable chemical protective material and methods of using the same. The inner body has an annular wall, an annular surface on the bottom outside around the annular wall. The customization may include customization of operations and features such as call routing, error recovery, call flow, content selection, system prompts, or system persona.