Scottsdale, AZ – April 25, 2024 – Brander Group Inc was once again named Telecommunications Company of the Year and was honored with a Silver Stevie in the 22nd Annual American Business Awards.  Generating nearly $200 Million in 2023, Brander Group was recognized by many of the 300 global judges for substantial revenue growth in a short period of time. As a three-time winner over multiple years and categories, Brander Group has become a recognizable name amongst this community.  Brander Group joins the ranks of previous winners and global leading brands such as DHL, Hilton, IBM ..read more

Due to a two-month delay of ARIN providing IPv4 data, our team has been eagerly waiting to analyze the latest transfer statistics which have finally been released! The good news is that the market has continued to stabilize and even outperformed the average transfers requests from both 2022 and 2023. In recent years, the IPv4 market has been on a relentless upward trajectory, defying expectations, and confounding skeptics. Despite occasional setbacks and bouts of volatility, the overall trend has been undeniably bullish. But what exactly is driving this sustained optimism, and what does it m ..read more

Scottsdale, AZ, April 2024 – Brander Group has been recognized as one of the fastest growing companies in America for the 3rd consecutive year by Financial Times. This year’s prestigious list includes industry leading brands such Tesla, ServiceNow, RingCentral, AMD, Pfizer & Zoom to name a few.  This acknowledgment underscores Brander Group’s commitment to innovation, excellence, and sustained growth in the competitive business landscape. Financial Times, a leading global business publication renowned for its comprehensive analysis and insights, invited 30,000 eligible companies to ..read more

Like any healthy and predictable market cycle, IPv4 demand continues to remain steady.   This consistency further promotes the notion of a stable market since there was no serious fluctuation in either direction.  As expected, our demand has been increasing slowly while supply of mid-sized IPv4 assets is beginning to run low.  The question then becomes if the current IPv4 supply (including projected incoming supply) will be enough to support the increased demand requirements for 2024 The average requests for IPv4 addresses in 2023 was 141transfers per month.  Startin ..read more

AWS Charging $6,387 monthly for a BYOIP /24 As of February 2024, Amazon details their plan to monetize their owned IPv4 addresses, which means higher prices for BYOIP (Bring Your Own IP) for its AWS services on an EC2 instance. The new pricing model documents its SES (Simple Email Service) product, IPv4 addresses owned by the customer now carry a monthly charge of $6,387.20. This equates to $24.95 per IPv4 address per month to utilize a minimal required /24 block (256 IPv4 addresses). According to Amazons pricing updates, they charge $0.005, per IP, per hour for use of their own public IPv ..read more

DNS Configurations for Internet Service Providers Setting up DNS (Domain Name System) properly for Internet Service Providers (ISPs) requires configuring DNS servers and network infrastructure to ensure reliable & efficient domain name resolution for your end user subscribers. We have taken the time to create an instructional guide and best practice to set up DNS properly for ISPs: Plan Network Architecture: Figure out the scope and size of your ISP network, including the number of subscribers, network topology, and the geographic coverage. Select DNS Servers: Determine whether to us ..read more

In 2023, many people believed the IPv4 industry had experienced a downward spiral that was most likely due to the fluctuations in demand and surplus of supply from the previous year. To further explore this belief, let’s take a closer look at the events that helped shape the IPv4 market in 2023 and how those events affected demand, supply, and IPv4 pricing. One of the biggest drivers of doubt in 2023 (across most markets) was the excessive increase in interest rates.  This led to far fewer organizations borrowing capital, which likely contributed to unforeseen bankruptcies mergers, and ..read more

Enterprise Networks Transition: IPv4 vs. IPv6 While IPv4 and IPv6 are both viable options for enterprise networks, many enterprises, educational institutions and organizations are planning to migrate from IPv4 to IPv6. Aside from being the up-to-date standard, the main motivation driving the switch to IPv6 is is depletion of IPv4 addresses. Introduced in the 1980s, IPv4 created a standard that only allocated 4.3 billion addresses. In response to address depletion, IPv6 was introduced as a successor to IPv4 in 1998, and started to get more widely adopted in 2017. IPv6 solves the limitations of ..read more

There is no argument that IPv4 addresses are one of the most critical assets which contribute to the continued growth of the global internet backbone.  While IPv6 provides some flexibility by offloading internet traffic, IPv4 addresses are still the dominating protocol supporting the entire planets exponentially growing internet requirements. In 2024, more than in years past, the requirements for additional IPv4 addresses will be paramount.  The driving factors for the predicted increased IPv4 demand include the U.S. Governments “Internet for All” initiatives.  Two of which inc ..read more

The Evolution of Internet Bandwidth Over the course of the evolution of the worldwide internet, the demand for faster bandwidth speeds on fixed networks has continued to consistently increase every year. However, contrary to what most people would think, recent changes in technology and consumer behavior indicate that this trend may be slowing down. The surge in online video streaming has been a major driver of bandwidth demand. Yet, there are limits to this shift as well. Deloitte predicts that by 2024, more than 90% of the most commonly used online applications on fixed internet broadband n ..read more