DAY 1 6 WISPAMERICA I MARCH 6 - 9, 2023 www.bekabusinessmedia.com Netskrt Systems introduced a radically new type of content delivery network (CDN) that ensures high-quality on-demand and live streaming video in rural and other underserved environments. The Netskrt Edge CDN (eCDN) managed service deploys video caches very deep into broadband ISP networks, allowing viewers to avoid the bottlenecks, rebuffering and low bit rates that have become common for far too many consumers. This problem is especially acute as more streaming-only rights deals are consummated between large streamers and sports leagues. The volume of live streaming video traffic driven by live sports events is slamming broadband networks that were not engineered for this purpose. “Streaming video should be an enjoyable subscriber experience, but for far too many it just isn’t. Fundamental changes need to be undertaken at the very edge of the network, especially to handle large scale delivery of live streaming traffic,” said Siegfried Luft, Netskrt CEO and co-founder. “Traditional CDN technology cannot scale down to this level and struggles with live streaming. The Netskrt eCDN is uniquely well positioned to benefit broadband providers of all types but especially those operating in rural and underserved regions.” The challenge for ISPs, primarily but not exclusively those serving rural customers, is that traditional CDNs have largely ignored them, backhaul bandwidth is frequently constrained, and even where fiber to the home (FTTH) is available, upstream bottlenecks can ruin the performance of streaming video. And live streaming, involving very large, synchronized audiences, stresses ISP networks even further. Matt Davis, founder and principal analyst at Independence Research, added, “In recent years we have seen tens of billions of dollars invested in broadband infrastructure, and with the government funded fiber blitz ramping up, we should see even more homes and businesses on the wrong side of the digital divide receive higher quality broadband. “However, the access network or ‘last mile’ is just part of the picture,” Davis continued. “Video streaming at home and increasingly in businesses is the key application that requires performance throughout the entire network. Companies like Netskrt can play an important role to ensure end users receive the service they expect.” The emergence and growth of live streaming video severely complicates the challenges long faced by ISPs. Their access networks were built to support conventional web apps and a mix of video-on-demand (VOD) streaming. Because live streaming is often enjoyed by large viewing audiences at the same time, each delivered via a unique connection between the content source and the subscriber, broadband networks have been flooded with traffic. Using content replication, the Netskrt eCDN allows large populations of live streaming viewers to be supported through a single connection per content format, yielding enormous bandwidth savings and resulting in a far superior consumer experience. Nikola Broadband is among the first ISPs to deploy the Netskrt eCDN. Nikola Broadband CEO Robert Zeff stated, “We’ve gone to great lengths to build a highly reliable and high-performance broadband network that our customers love. But, unfortunately, the introduction of live streaming traffic on our network has imposed quality problems our network is not causing. We think adding Netskrt to our network will help overcome those issues.” The Netskrt eCDN is a managed service combining cloud-based, title-aware machine learning for content ingestion and distribution, and edge components for local caching to reduce the network load and deliver high quality viewing experiences. The Netskrt eCDN technology has been successfully deployed in use cases characterized by limited or intermittent connectivity, including not only rural ISPs, but rail and air environments as well. m Attendees of WISPAMERICA 2023 can learn more by visiting Netskrt at booth #424. Telco Systems, a leading provider of edge compute solutions, is working with Snappy Internet, a Miami-based service provider, providing data and voice service throughout the United States, to pilot the delivery of enhanced virtualized capabilities to WISPs, small ISPS and MSPs. These new capabilities enable service providers to provide a faster and more flexible set of solutions for their customers and internal networks, while reducing complexity and costs. Edgility is a smart and open platform that simplifies the deployment, management, and operation of thousands of sites running diverse workloads on various edge devices at scale. Edgility’s powerful Management and Orchestration system, enables service providers to manage multiple network functions, applications, edge devices and service policies across multiple sites. Edgility allows service providers to deploy, remotely manage and automatically upgrade products such as VoIP, SD-WAN and next-generation firewalls, as well as back office and network management applications. This radically improves service provider offering, operations efficiency and allowing them to respond to their customers networking and security needs in minutes, rather than days. At Telco Systems we’re all about knowing our customers down to the details, and we couldn’t miss the chance to give a Taco Tuesday shoutout to Snappy’s very own Faisal Imtiaz! So come see us at booth 607 – the first five WISPs to mention “TELCO SYSTEMS TACOS” to us will get a Taco Bell gift card (and the chance to discuss how Edgility can drive efficiencies in your network and push costs down). m Netskrt Launches eCDN to Avoid Jams Telco Systems, Snappy Internet Partner to Deliver Virtualized Network Service
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