Success stories
PRX-5G Traffic Manager Convinces with Effective and Flexible Bandwidth Management
Firewalls have numerous functions. Limited bandwidth management is one of them. As many operators prefer an all-in-one solution, they try to solve problems like copyright violations caused by P2P file sharing by blocking the application using a firewall. But how exact is a tool, that is not constructed for such tasks? This is exactly the kind of question Gauss IT Center team at the Technische Universität Braunschweig asked when copyright violations in their network alarmingly increased. This case study shows why firewalls are not always the best option and how operators can improve the situation with a bandwidth management solution such as ipoque’s PRX Traffic Manager.
Legal File Sharing with BitTorrent Whitelisting
The renowned German technical university, RWTH Aachen, solved their peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing problem by installing ipoque's PRX Traffic Manager. Its unique P2P control features put the IT department in control of P2P usage and allow students now unimpeded access to legal BitTorrent content.
ipoque Guarantees Performance on Cable Provider’s Network in Angola
In Africa, Internet access is a scarce and valuable resource, as terrestrial solutions are rarely available and the cost of satellite access makes services much more expensive than in other markets. The cost of bandwidth often prohibits network expansion and subscribers are forced to share the limited resources on the network. These circumstances are especially challenging for carriers as peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing traffic increases. P2P traffic consumes ever more bandwidth, resulting in bottlenecks for business critical applications. At TVCABO, ipoque’s PRX-1000 Traffic Manager solved massive performance problems by throttling P2P traffic during peak hours.
ipoque Solves Network Performance Problems Caused by P2P
At the University of Innsbruck in Austria, IT personnel struggled with a large volume of peer-to-peer file sharing (P2P) traffic such as BitTorrent and eDonkey that was using up to 60% of the overall network capacity and slowing down other applications. The existing bandwidth management system proved incapable of handling the high volume of traffic and failed to reliably detect encrypted P2P protocols. Read in this case study how ipoque’s PRX-2000 Traffic Manager has solved the problems and restored the quality of service in the network.
ipoque Guarantees Skype Performance at the Top of the World
Many parts of the world still have only limited Internet service and bandwidth. Greenland is such a place and providing that valuable resource for the people at Thule Air Base has been a major challenge. Internet traffic management from ipoque is helping IT meet that challenge.
ipoque Enables Cable Operator to Balance between Network Performance and P2P Access
TVTEL, a Portuguese cable operator, struggled with a very high volume of peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing traffic. With an average P2P load of 65 percent rising up to 95 percent at nighttime, there was an adverse performance impact for all Internet users. TVTEL deployed several PRX Traffic Managers and implemented a priority management scheme that gives P2P traffic a lower priority and thus improves the quality of service for all other applications such as Web browsing and Internet telephony.
ipoque Improved Quality of Service with Tiered Service Internet Traffic Management
Unidentified traffic, network congestions and delays – when Internet service providers face such problems it all comes down to one question: Do you really know your network? This case study shows how Burundi’s incumbent Internet service provider, Spidernet, identified critical points, reclaimed its network and began managing its resources more effectively with PRX Traffic Manager.
ipoque Provides Flexible Traffic Management to Overcome Performance Problems
At the University of York the network performance problems had become a major problem for the IT department. In peak times the quality of service was incredibly low and the internal firewall was under very heavy load. Traffic demand was saturating the Internet uplink. Read how ipoque’s PRX-5G Traffic Manager has solved the problems and restored quality of service in the network.