As most people know, internet traffic exploded during the global pandemic. The internet is now a critical part of day-to-day living and the digitization of our lives has crystallized the importance of internet access. As a testament to this, countries worldwide are focused on providing internet access to all citizens and allocating large sums of money to make it happen. …
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 …
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 …
A multi-core CPU is, in a way, a network; a network on a chip. Just like homes and businesses may be ‘hosts’ or nodes on a Service Providers network, or PCs and phones on an enterprise or home network, the hosts on netElastic’s network are CPU cores. netElastic’s virtualized network includes a small army of cores, with each core performing …
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 …
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 …
netElastic recently conducted a survey to learn what broadband providers really want from broadband network gateways (BNGs). Broadband providers representing twelve different countries participated in the survey, including ISPs, large carriers, WISPs, and electric utilities. And both large and small providers were included. Job titles held by the survey respondents included Chief Technology Officer (CTO), network engineer, and network architect, …
More and more broadband providers are deploying virtual Broadband Network Gateways (vBNGs). As a result, more people are asking questions about vBNGs. Below are answers to five frequent questions. 1. What is a vBNG and How is It Used? Broadband network gateways (BNGs), also known as broadband remote access servers (BRAS), are an essential network component since they’re the access …
Network scalability has never been more critical, as people depend on the Internet for more aspects of their personal and business lives. This creates an opportunity and a challenge for broadband providers since traditional network infrastructure wasn’t designed to scale quickly or reliably to meet increasing demand. What should a broadband provider do? Let’s Explore the Options Many small broadband …
Internet connectivity has reached a new level of importance throughout the world and the global pandemic has only accelerated that. The focus on internet access should continue as the “work-from-home” model is being embraced by many companies and individuals continue to spend more time online for their shopping, entertainment, and educational needs. These factors are also causing broadband providers to …
