Broadband
Internet connectivity is a must for any business and, just as your business grows, the need to gather and convey information grows too. Working with clients, Safety NetAccess' engineers examine both current and projected connectivity requirements to ensure services meet current and future growth needs. No matter how much bandwidth you need - from cable or DSL through dedicated high-speed T-1s, DS-3s, or more - SNA will find the solution that is right for you! And as a "vendor neutral" provider, SNA works with a number of communications partners so that SNA can provide clients with the best fit - functionality that will not break the bank.
Bandwidth Management's various techniques, technologies and terminology are used to equitably allocate the available bandwidth between guests. Types of bandwidth management techniques are listed below:
- Bandwidth Capping - Capping guests' maximum bit rate at some fixed value (e.g. 1 or 2 Mbps, regardless of the number of guests using the services or the maximum bandwidth available. The Internet Gateways cap bandwidth for the entire gateway. SNA can also cap bandwidth by individual users. With additional hardware, bandwidth can be capped by group or passcode.
- Bandwidth Throttling - Actively dividing the available bandwidth by the number of guests connected. Certain SNA gateways actively allocate bandwidth based on the number of active users on the network.
- Dynamic Bandwidth Management - Allocating bandwidth based upon the number of users on the fly, depending on the type of application (email vs. video streaming. etc.), real-time bandwidth desired, and potentially higher grade of service (at an additional charge).
- Traffic shaping - Traffic shaping provides a means to control the volume of traffic being sent into a network for a specified period (bandwidth throttling) or the maximum rate at which the traffic is sent (rate limiting). SNA gateways can rate limit inbound and outbound traffic. A load balancer can support quality of service traffic shaping based on traffic port and protocol. For example peer-to-peer traffic uses TCP ports above 1024; P2P traffic can be given a lower bandwidth priority than conventional web, VPN and streaming applications – these could be based upon corporate and individual property requirements.
- Bandwidth Link / Aggregation - In the event the property will have multiple sources of bandwidth, the HSIA supplier will be requested to provide solutions for the property to link or aggregate these sources. In addition, there should be an option for load balancing/ link balancing of the aggregated bandwidth.

