The Dynamic Bandwidth Shaper (DBS) is a network management service which tracks subscriber usage and dynamically adjusts queues on devices running the Mikrotik Router OS. Designed specifically for WISPs, rural ISPs, and the hospitality industry to take control of subscriber IP based entertainment service demands by instituting a tier based service model.
The DBS allows you to take full control of your network, reduce costs, increase subscriber satisfaction, and realize new revenue opportunities.
Take full control of your network through the successful management of IP-based entertainment services no longer can one or two subscribers watching video streams on Netflix, YouTube, or Hulu and hog all available bandwidth.
Reduce your costs by making your existing bandwidth go farther through the effective management and monitoring of your network.
Increase subscriber satisfaction through the consistent delivery of a variety of bandwidth service levels. This approach gives 90 - 95% of subscribers the best possible speed within their selected tier of service, while only penalizing the 5 - 10% that exceed their allotted bandwidth. In other words, subscribers get what they pay for, and bandwidth hogs are brought under control. With traditional bandwidth shaping queues alone all subscribers would necessarily be limited to a very low transfer rates to keep potential bandwidth hogs under control.
Realize new revenue opportunities by monetizing unused bandwidth by up-selling "Stand-by" bandwidth to subscribers that are willing to pay for it.
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The new DBS Appliance
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The Problem — IP-based Entertainment Services
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Just a few Internet subscribers streaming movies at the same time can gobble up all the available bandwidth and bring a non-fiber network to its knees.
The gaining popularity of high bandwidth video entertainment websites such as Netflix, YouTube, and Hulu, as well as other video on demand (VOD) services collectively called IP-based Entertainment Services (IPES), are creating major headaches for small Wireless Internet Service Providers (WISPs), traditional small or rural ISPs, as well as the hospitality industry.
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The Solution - Dynamic Bandwidth Shaper
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ISPs can increase profits by balancing bandwidth demands with a better overall customer experience through the adoption of the Dynamic Bandwidth Shaper (DBS) software as a service (SaaS).
The DBS provides ISPs with the capability to cost effectively deliver a variety of bandwidth service levels to their subscribers. This approach gives 90 — 95% of subscribers the best possible speed within their selected tier of service, while only penalizing the 5 — 10% that exceed their allotted bandwidth. In other words, subscribers get what they pay for, and bandwidth hogs are brought under control. With traditional bandwidth shaping queues alone all subscribers would necessarily be limited to a very low transfer rates to keep potential bandwidth hogs under control. (more)
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... everyone is enjoying high speed access, whereas before the DBS was doing its thing, bandwidth was completely consumed by a handful of people and the experience was lousy for everyone ... The majority wins, the ISP makes money and the handful of bandwidth hogs are dealt with.
River District Manager, Swift Wireless |