1. September Partner
Webinar
FaaST Failover
and SDWAN
September 2017
www.broadskynetworks.net

2. Tom Benson
Sales Director, Broad Sky Networks
tom@broadskynetworks.net

3. Wireless
Anywhere
The nation’s largest fixed wireless provider for business
Founded: August 2003
Headquarters: Bend, OR
Markets: Nationwide Coverage in Continental US and Canada
Sister Company: TechLink Services (installation and service nationwide)
Solutions
Mobile and Fixed 3G/4G | LTE/XLTE/LTE-A | M2M | Satellite Broadband (VSAT)

4. Business Problem: Internet Circuits Fail
Top 3 reasons for circuit failure:
Physical cable cut (backhoe fade)
Flood or water event (high rain, water main burst, flooding)
Network outage
Result:
All cloud, email, operations and phone calls cease to function

5. ISP Network Outages Happen

6. Traditional Failover
Requires:
A second wired circuit from a second network provider
A switch on site that recognizes that internet path A failed and can
switch traffic to internet path B.
Challenges:
Secondary path wired circuit is same physical space as primary circuit
(i.e.: event that cuts path A, cuts path B)
Companies are unable to switch traffic route B due to lack of onsite
switching capability

7. Traditional Wired Failover Topology

8. Solution: Failover-as-a-Service (FaaST)
Automatic failover technology
Routes internet traffic to a secondary internet path
No additional equipment or programming required

9. Benefits of Failover-as-a-Service (FaaST)
Wireless circuit cannot be cut
Detects loss of upstream internet service and
automatically fails over to the wireless internet
Detects re-establishment of upstream primary internet
and fails back to circuit when stable

10. FaaST Failover Topology

11. Reporting and Alarming
Broad Sky notifies designated network administrator upon all failover
events
Broad Sky provides report when failover event is completed, showing:
Time of outage
Duration
Data amount of traffic passed

12. Pricing
Plans include:
FaaST Failover
Alarming
Monitoring
Reporting
1 GB 5 GB 10 GB
$79.95 $149.95 $179.95

13. Quick History of SD-WAN
SD-WAN – 2017’s hottest trend in networking
Allows traffic to be routed over the best available circuit
Conditions the traffic to run smoother over a single circuit
Can split traffic on two paths, reassembling the content on the other end
Utilizes all available internet speeds when communicating between branches
Makes an effective failover device when 2+ circuits are installed

14. Performance Characteristics of Bonded LTE
Download: 30-75mb
Upload: 10-12mb
Latency: 80-100 mSecond
Even faster without static IP

15. Router Technology
Wireless modem/router must have CAT6 chipset installed to pick up additional
frequencies
Routers manufactured before Q4 2016 will not have this chipset
Routers continue to be manufactured utilizing the LP4 chipset (cheaper and slower)
Broad Sky ONLY deploys LP6 chipset modems for customers (as of 2017)
LP6 chipset routers are future-proofed and will detect Bonded LTE signal as it becomes
available

16. Wireless Quality Measures Haven’t Changed
USB modems have small gain antennas
USB handoffs are inherently slower and offer fewer options for traffic control
Industry standard networking often calls for Ethernet handoff for many
applications
USB modems do not offer signal strength readings or signal quality data
USB modems are cheap, flimsy, and tracked onto the side of a device often
breaking, becoming dislodged, or simply failing due to low initial quality

17. Wireless Quality Measures Haven’t Changed
USB modems are much more likely to NOT pick up LTE-Advanced signal and run
on slower single band LTE
USB modems cannot carrier switch on site like routers can
USB modems have no onboard processors
USB modem reporting portals are crude or non existent showing device status,
traffic passed, and troubleshooting and update capabilities.
A high quality SD-WAN solutions should have high quality wireless solution

18. Questions?
www.broadskynetworks.net
tom@broadskynetworks.net