The present invention provides a system and method for optical communication. The system includes a first rooftop transceiver mounted on a building and configured to transmit and receive optical signals over free space. A first passive optical deflector (POD) is mounted on the building and optically aligned with both the first rooftop transceiver and a first customer premise equipment (CPE), wherein the first POD is configured to receive a first optical signal from the first rooftop transceiver and redirect substantially all of the first optical signal to the first CPE providing a first optical communication path between the first rooftop transceiver and the first CPE. The first POD is further configured to receive a second optical signal from the first CPE and to redirect substantially all of the second optical signal to additional equipment extending the first communication path between the first CPE and the additional equipment.