Internet access has now become essential to everyday living. The Internet offers services, resources, and information that people need and depend on. With the increasing demand for fast internet access, virtual Broadband Network Gateways (vBNGs) have become a valuable solution to meet those needs.
The Importance of Reliable Virtual Broadband Network Gateways
Reliability is a crucial aspect of all network infrastructure. Network downtime can impact broadband service providers in many ways, including lost customers, lost revenue, and negative impacts on your company’s brand and reputation.
A reliable vBNG ensures uninterrupted internet connections, minimizes downtime, and improves the customer experience. As more of our personal and business lives rely on internet connectivity, the reliability of vBNGs has become critical.
The Impact of Network Traffic and Capacity
Chris Sambar, President of AT&T Network, recently said, “Over the last three years, our network has seen an annual 30% increase in traffic (per user traffic growth). Never in the history of our network have we seen so much traffic, and we’re ready to handle even more.”
And in the 2023 Cloudflare Year in Review, Cloudflare reported, “Globally, Internet traffic grew 25% in 2023, in line with 2022 growth.”
This continuous traffic growth changes the criteria for buying a broadband network gateway. Internet service providers (ISPs) traditionally bought proprietary, bundled BNGs from large router manufacturers like Cisco and Juniper. These legacy BNGs lack scalability, so service providers typically increase capacity by adding more proprietary network routers. Unfortunately, purchasing, installing, and configuring hardware appliances is costly and time-consuming.
Disaggregated virtual BNGs increase network scalability by separating network functions from proprietary hardware appliances. By disaggregating vBNG software from the underlying hardware, you don’t have to purchase additional hardware appliances whenever you need more network capacity. Changes can be made significantly faster. And this makes it much easier to keep pace with subscriber demands. Virtual BNGs also disaggregate the control plane from the data plane so each can grow independently.
A vBNG Built for Scalability and Reliability
netElastic, an innovative software company, developed one of the industry’s first software-based BNGs. Since its launch, netElastic vBNG has become an industry leader using software-defined networking (SDN) technology to deliver market-leading scalability and flexibility with an optimized data plane and highly scalable design. vBNG also uses the ever-increasing power of white-box servers to provide the elastic scalability broadband providers need. As a testament to its scalability, netElastic supports very small subscriber bases up to millions of subscribers.
According to Martin Pagano, CEO of Telpin, “netElastic vBNG’s scalability will allow us to keep pace with network demands from our expanding customer base. Best of all, we won’t have to continually replace our infrastructure.”
netElastic vBNG is also known for its reliability. Daniel B., Technical Director of Squirrel Internet, said, “We installed netElastic vBNG in our data center, where it still is today. It’s been up for over 740 days, so what more can we ask for? Martin Pagano from Telpin added, “Replacing our Juniper MX gear with netElastic in 2019 has been a great decision. netElastic has been 100% reliable, and product upgrades to support our growth have been very easy and cost-effective.”
Summary
In today’s competitive environment, customer experience is most important. And maximizing subscriber uptime increases customer satisfaction and loyalty. netElastic vBNG is crucial in helping broadband providers deliver a seamless and reliable customer experience, positively impacting your company’s growth and reputation. By investing in netElastic vBNG, you will choose reliability, scalability, and peace of mind.
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