The covid-19 pandemic has led to a sudden surge in Internet usage due to the lockdown imposed worldwide. People and organizations have to adjust to the new scenarios of working online. Internet services have seen a huge surge in usage from 40 % to 100 %, compared to pre-lockdown levels. Due to this surge, the Internet users have experienced some bottlenecks in connecting to the Internet due to the surge in usage during this time. Activities like Wi-Fi calling, video gaming and streaming content online have been major activities done online. Also, more than 50% of our daily activities have also moved online.

Internet service providers have experienced some issues due to the sudden spike in the Internet usage in the beginning of the pandemic and every Internet related Industry has had to take steps to ensure the smooth functioning of the Internet. Telecom operators have upgraded their equipments to adjust to the new spike and provide best streaming experience to the customers. FTTH operators have been able to cater to the demand without much change to their equipment and upgrading only their core and BRAS routers to scale capacity.

Jaze Networks provides ISP management solutions to manage your ISP business and enables to centrally manage end-to-end operations integrating with multiple BRAS routers to shape your traffic efficiently through RADIUS based policies.

The infographic below shows Internet delivery and access of content with and without net neutrality. With net neutrality, it should be free to access all content and applications equally, regardless of the source. In other words, net neutrality is the principle that the company that connects you to the internet does not get to control what you do on the Internet. Some ISPs restrict using some websites or they may redirect to another website or they can also control speed of your Internet based on the website you visit or services you use. This practice needs to stop and the Internet should be delivered by ISPs without any manipulation.

Today with multiple content providers providing caching and peering services, ISPs are deliberately shaping traffic according to the cost of their uplinks to different services and this is resulting in poor experiences for end-users. Providing better low latency content with peering is a good practice but shaping traffic according to the destination is a practice which ISPs need to stop in order to deliver better broadband experiences for their subscribers.

Jaze ISP Manager enables ISPs to provide seamless Internet connectivity integrating with broadband and peering services with specific plan policies and managing by providing Quality Internet to subscribers.

People are using Internet now more than ever. The infographic below shows the gender-wise statistics of Internet usage and its addiction. More and more people are getting addicted to the Internet and statistics say that more than 55% are addicted to the Internet and spend more than 15hrs surfing online through different sites for entertainment, news information, shopping, work and many more. Compared to women, men spend more time on the Internet. And this current pandemic situation really boosted up the internet addiction and making people spend more time online apart from doing their work from home. More and more people from younger generation are getting addicted to the Internet and cannot stay without it.

People who are addicted to the internet demand ever faster internet connectivity and are getting frustrated with any issues in the Internet service. Broadband providers need to ensure subscribers are delivered a guaranteed quality of service, which is especially required with the kind of usage we are seeing today.

Jaze ISP Manager enables Internet Service Providers to centrally manage end-to-end operations of their ISP business and subscribers across multiple sites with flexible plan and policy delivery with complete accountability with integration with all leading BRAS providers to deliver the quality of service required by today’s Internet subscribers.

5G Fixed Wireless Access (FWA) is set to change how broadband will be delivered in places where laying fiber is a challenge. It is set to become the most reliable choice with high internet speeds and great replacement for fiber connections which can be easily deployed without much CAPEX involved. With the benefits like self-installation, ultra high-speed broadband without lag it is set to challenge and offer services at almost the same price as current GPON based broadband services for homes. By 2023, these 5G FWA will be used by most of the population as it enables to deliver low latency broadband to suburban and rural areas, which is really needed to improve connectivity to rural population in India and supporting home and business applications where fiber is prohibitively expensive to lay and maintain.

ISPs will need to deal with this competition in the coming years. Offering higher bandwidths on fiber at lower costs and supporting IPv6 for the future adoption of IoT based devices will be the only way to stand a chance to compete against 5G FWA provided by telcos.

 Jaze ISP Manager enables Internet service providers to roll out broadband services with the flexibility to design the Internet package and quality of service options based on their subscriber’s requirements and integrates with all major NAS and BRAS routers with support for IPv6 and next generation services.