5 Easy Ways to Lower Your Network Costs

Rich Sabin CGNAT, vBNG

Governments are spending unprecedented amounts of money to expand broadband access. And broadband providers will be investing those monies to grow their networks and reach more subscribers. In this environment, who cares about lowering the costs of building out (and then maintaining) fiber or fixed wireless access networks? Broadband providers care. No matter the size of the funding, successful businesses …

An Affordable Way to Deal with IPv4 Exhaustion

Rich Sabin CGNAT

Governments around the world are spending millions (and in some cases billions) of dollars to provide fast internet access for all citizens. As a result, broadband providers are expanding and/or building new networks to prepare for more subscribers. The majority of government funding for broadband will go to building network infrastructure, such as deploying Fiber to the Home (FTTH) or …

How to Increase Your Broadband Network ROI

Rich Sabin CGNAT, vBNG

The global COVID-19 pandemic has shined a spotlight on the importance of internet access. The pandemic has led to a digital transformation in which almost all aspects of daily life now include the internet. Unfortunately, individuals with limited or no internet access have been especially hard hit by their lack of participation in this digital transformation. According to DataReportal, almost …

Carrier Grade NAT (CGNAT) Explained in Fewer than 280 Words

Rich Sabin CGNAT

The rapid growth of the internet has resulted in IPv4 addresses becoming a scare resource, which is increasing the costs to buy or lease IPv4 addresses. One approach to deal with the finite number of IPv4 addresses is to share the remaining IPv4 addresses among larger numbers of customers. How does this work? Carrier Grade NAT Carrier Grade Network Address …