A system and method for establishing a rule for an end device connected to a subscriber network. The subscriber network is connected to a service provider network via a local gateway. The subscriber network receives services from a remote operations center via a service provider network. Capability information indicative of a service that the end device is capable of receiving is acquired by the local gateway from the end device. The capability information and subscriber identifying information is sent to the remote operations center via the service provider network. The subscriber network is associated with a subscriber by the subscriber identifying information. The remote operations center receives the subscriber identifying information and the end device capability information from the subscriber network and accesses a subscriber datastore to determine from the subscriber identifying information services that the subscriber is entitled to receive over the service provider network. The remote operations center uses the capability information to identify a subscriber service that is supported by the end device. The remote operation center establishes a rule set to govern use of the supported subscriber service by the end device. The rules set is sent to the local gateway via the service provider network. The local gateway allows the end device to use the supported subscriber service in accordance with the rule set.