diff --git a/xos/core/xoslib/objects/cordsubscriber.py b/xos/core/xoslib/objects/cordsubscriber.py
index bc5c747..144fa63 100644
--- a/xos/core/xoslib/objects/cordsubscriber.py
+++ b/xos/core/xoslib/objects/cordsubscriber.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from core.models import Slice, SlicePrivilege, SliceRole, Sliver, Site, Node, User
-from cord.models import VOLTTenant
+from cord.models import VOLTTenant, CordSubscriberRoot
 from plus import PlusObjectMixin
 from operator import itemgetter, attrgetter
 from rest_framework.exceptions import APIException
@@ -93,6 +93,86 @@
                 print "attr", self.vcpe.vbng.service_specific_attribute
                 self.vcpe.vbng.save()
 
+class CordSubscriberNew(CordSubscriberRoot):
+    class Meta:
+        proxy = True
+
+    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(CordSubscriber, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
+
+    def __unicode__(self):
+        return u"cordSubscriber-%s" % str(self.id)
+
+    passthroughs = ( # the following are now fields of CordSubscriberRoot
+                     # ("firewall_enable", "vcpe.firewall_enable"),
+                     # ("firewall_rules", "vcpe.firewall_rules"),
+                     # ("url_filter_enable", "vcpe.url_filter_enable"),
+                     # ("url_filter_rules", "vcpe.url_filter_rules"),
+                     # ("url_filter_level", "vcpe.url_filter_level"),
+                     # ("bbs_account", "vcpe.bbs_account"),
+                     # ("users", "vcpe.users"),
+                     # ("services", "vcpe.services"),
+                     # ("cdn_enable", "vcpe.cdn_enable"),
+
+                     ("ssh_command", "volt.vcpe.ssh_command"),
+                     ("image", "volt.vcpe.image.id"),
+                     ("image_name", "volt.vcpe.image.name"),
+                     ("sliver", "volt.vcpe.sliver.id"),
+                     ("sliver_name", "volt.vcpe.sliver.name"),
+                     ("routeable_subnet", "volt.vcpe.vbng.routeable_subnet"),
+                     ("vcpe_id", "volt.vcpe.id"),
+                     ("vbng_id", "volt.vcpe.vbng.id"),
+                     ("nat_ip", "volt.vcpe.nat_ip"),
+                     ("lan_ip", "volt.vcpe.lan_ip"),
+                     ("private_ip", "volt.vcpe.private_ip"),
+                     ("wan_ip", "volt.vcpe.wan_ip"),
+                     ("wan_mac", "volt.vcpe.wan_mac"),
+                     ("vcpe_synced", "volt.vcpe.is_synced"),
+                     )
+
+    def __getattr__(self, key):
+        for (member_name, passthrough_name) in self.passthroughs:
+            if key==member_name:
+                parts = passthrough_name.split(".")
+                obj = self
+                for part in parts[:-1]:
+                    obj = getattr(obj, part)
+                    if not obj:
+                        return None
+                return getattr(obj, parts[-1])
+
+        raise AttributeError("getattr: %r object has no attribute %r" %
+                         (self.__class__, key))
+
+    def __setattr__(self, key, value):
+        for (member_name, passthrough_name) in self.passthroughs:
+            if key==member_name:
+                parts = passthrough_name.split(".")
+                obj = self
+                for part in parts[:-1]:
+                     obj = getattr(obj, part)
+                     if not obj:
+                         return
+                setattr(obj, parts[-1], value)
+
+        super(CordSubscriber, self).__setattr__(key, value)
+
+    def save(self, *args, **kwargs):
+        super(CordSubscriber, self).save(*args, **kwargs)
+
+        # in case the vcpe or vbng fields were altered
+        #   TODO: dirty detection?
+        if (self.volt):
+            print "save volt"
+            self.volt.save()
+            if (self.vcpe):
+                print "save vcpe"
+                self.vcpe.save()
+                if (self.vcpe.vbng):
+                    print "save vbng", self.vcpe.vbng
+                    print "attr", self.vcpe.vbng.service_specific_attribute
+                    self.vcpe.vbng.save()
+