Methods, systems andor computer program products are provided for managing Quality of Service andor bandwidth allocation in a RegionalAccess Network having a broadband access server that facilitates differentiated end-to-end data transport between a Network Service Provider andor an Application Service Provider, and a Customer Premises Network that includes a Routing Gateway. In one example, the method translates data for the circuit related objects from binary data to ASCII data in the network control processor. The memory controller carries out the IO with respect to a storage area inside a flash memory specified from the IO-destination information of the IO command from the storage controller. A collection of such data allows characterization of the object. The resilient strip includes a free portion, with a projection extending therefrom.