Re: [Hampshire] High bandwidth using DSL lines.

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Author: Dean Earley
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] High bandwidth using DSL lines.
Simon Capstick wrote:
> Paul Maunders wrote:
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>> We use AAISP at our office in Aldershot to bond 4 x 8Mbps/800Kbps ADSL
>> Max lines, and it works quite well. The first line costs anywhere from
>> £18.99 upwards depending on your total bandwidth usage, and they then
>> charge £14.99 a month for each additional line.
>>
>> http://www.aaisp.net.uk/multiline.html
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>> We get full 4x speed for uploads, but downloads only run at around
>> 12-16Mbps. We think this is due to the lines having varying latencies
>> and therefore a limitation of the packet re-ordering. However, this
>> seems to be a problem with faster lines, and so you shouldn't notice
>> these problems with 4 x 512kbps.
>>
>> Paul
>
> I've always been curious, can you run VoIP calls over these sort of
> set-ups without hiccups or delays in the audio? I always assumed that
> this would happen as the packets are reordered?


I believe A&A do this themselves with most of their phone system with 8
(I think) bonded lines.

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