1. A method for communicating a high-priority signal across a network ahead of a lower-priority signal, the method comprising the steps of: assigning a priority to each signal entering the network; identifying any harmful signal associated with any of the signals entering the network; generating a high-priority signal in response to the identification of a harmful signal; identifying and selecting at least one service differentiation technique for the network; defining a plurality of electronic communication paths, each path capable of carrying a plurality of signals, wherein the step of defining the plurality of paths identifies at least one optimal communication path and at least one suboptimal communication path corresponding with the selected service differentiation technique; electronically communicating the high-priority signal along the optimal communication path; and delivering the high-priority signal along the optimal communication path to the desired destination prior to delivering any of the lower priority signals.