The RADIUS server nobody understands You inherited a RADIUS server. You were told never to touch it. The one person who understood it left years ago. It’s a problem waiting to happen. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks Every... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Why your FreeRADIUS configuration doesn’t need a GUI A graphical interface is only useful for the things you do over and over. Almost nothing worth doing to a RADIUS server qualifies. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks Jana Sedivy has writt... FreeRADIUS Technical Guides Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Rebuilding ISP authentication helped Herotel add 150,000 subscribers When Herotel needed RADIUS authentication that could survive South Africa's power grid and scale past a million subscribers, three engineering firsts came with it. Herotel is a South African fibre and... Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Wi-Fi offload and OpenRoaming: What the track record tells us about seamless authentication Wi-Fi offload sounds simple – push mobile traffic onto cheap Wi-Fi. OpenRoaming and eduroam show exactly where it gets complicated. Alan DeKok, CEO and Founder, InkBridge Networks Wi-Fi offload (somet... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
The authentication foundation: How federation standards enable network convergence The promise of network convergence is one network for everything. Delivering it comes down to authentication: a single identity that works the same across Wi-Fi, broadband, and cellular. Alan DeKok, C... IETF and RADIUS Standards Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers
Why RADIUS failover fails and what’s being done about it A single misbehaving device can take an entire institution offline. At the RADIUS Conference Workshop 2026, the people who build and operate RADIUS spent a day working through why, and what to do abou... IETF and RADIUS Standards Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Good engineering doesn’t need AI to fix it AI can optimise a poorly engineered network, but it can’t replace the engineering that should have been there in the first place. At Mobile World Congress this year, JSA TV sat down with Jana Sedivy, ... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Why high availability architecture matters more than your SLA An SLA tells you how fast someone will pick up the phone. Good architecture means the phone never rings. Alan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks What is high availability architecture? High availability a... Enterprises Internet Service Providers Network Architecture
Break-fix vs. managed services: Why per incident support costs more than you think You can't buy car insurance after the accident. Network support works the same way. ByAlan DeKok, CEO, InkBridge Networks I've had a lot of conversations over 25 years with ISPs about support. One tha... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers Network Security Best Practices
Mobile World Congress 2026: what ISPs and network operators should take away AI dominated the conversation at Mobile World Congress 2026, but the more interesting story was about who controls the infrastructure it runs on. I came back from Mobile World Congress 2026 in Barcelo... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers
Fiber vs fixed wireless: 6 predictions for ISPs in 2026 The fiber vs fixed wireless debate is evolving faster than most ISPs anticipated. Fixed wireless access is no longer just the rural backup plan. Consolidation isn't slowing down. And the speed that so... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers
Key broadband industry trends shaping infrastructure investment in 2026 The broadband industry trends emerging in 2026 centre on a fundamental tension. Massive federal funding promises record expansion while supply chain constraints and regulatory chaos threaten to derail... Industry Insights and Trends Internet Service Providers