Inter-network translation

A method comprising:

• transmitting a request from a first network element to a second network element;
• receiving, at the first network element from the second network element, a response to the request, wherein the response is in a first protocol;
• translating the response in the first protocol to a second protocol, wherein translating the response comprises partitioning at least one packet of the response into a plurality of data blocks;
• transmitting from the first network element, using the second protocol, the plurality of data blocks to:
• i. a first telecommunications terminal, wherein the plurality of data blocks are transmitted to the first telecommunications terminal at a rate of R1;
• ii. a second telecommunications terminal, wherein the plurality of data blocks are transmitted to the second telecommunications terminal at a rate of R2;
• and allocating bandwidth by reducing the rate R1 so that each data block in the plurality of data blocks are transmitted to the first telecommunications terminal at the rate R2;
• wherein the plurality of data blocks are:
• i. sequentially transmitted from the first network element to the first telecommunications terminal, and
• ii. sequentially transmitted from the first network element to the second telecommunications terminal based, at least in part, on a block number associated with each data block of the plurality of data blocks.