bonded dsl modem

[Uriah Heep]

The only Isp in this area (extremely rural->think Deliverance) is
Windstream and the bonded option is new from Windstream. I have several
neighbors who have switched to the option. Top speed in this area is about
7 megs and with bonding in theory results in 14 megs though in actual
practice my neighbors report 13 megs download.  From my observation this
results in a visible improvement in streaming quality on their mediocre mid
to lower quality TV's I have a Samsung pd 8500 60" Plasma which is a top
line unit and gorgeous for blue ray using my Oppo player.  The unit offered
by the ISP is a combo modem router.  As I already have an excellent
modem/router I thought I would just buy a modem (Bonded lines will not work
on the modem part but the router will work from the combo Ethernet ports).
(I checked on a neighbors unit. If the better deal is a combo unit I will
get one of those as the units offered offered from the Isp for their
*regular* service which cost an extra $ 7 a month are ultra cheep/shoddy
and frequently need replacement which results in 5 days with no net even
though I have made sure the telco line is well grounded.  After the second
replacement I bought a high quality unit for better reliability and for
longer range and no more rental expence.  After 30 months I have not
required any replacement and my sister is able to log into my router using
a yagi antenna I built for her when hers is down.

>From what you wrote it seems probable that the bonded service is what is
being offered by the ISP. I am not an early adapter and have waited for 5
months and my neighbors have not had any additional problems with their
bonded (high speed) service.  This strictly for home use not office.

Thank you for the information.

On Sun, Sep 18, 2016 at 4:40 AM, Lindsay Mathieson <
lindsay.mathieson at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 18/09/2016 4:00 PM, Uriah Heep wrote:
>
>>  I need to purchase a "bonded" modem for a pots dsl line. From what I
>> understand the modem must be "bonded" so that it can combine several lines.
>> This seems to be common among cable modems but relatively rare for standard
>> telephone lines. Would someone be so kind as to suggest some "bonded"
>> modems they have used in the middle price line.
>>
>
> Usually that only works with the cooperation of your ISP, and to be
> honest, from what I heard, bonded adsl does not work that well. Most ISP's
> have dropped it.
>
>
> If what you want is intelligent use of mutliple ADSL connections then a
> load balancing router/modem might be more up your alley. Most also support
> intelligent failover, i.e switch connections to one line when the other
> fails.
>
> Draytek do a excellent number of them, though they are expensive and
> tricky to configure, but very powerful. They also support 4G LTE modems and
> sim cards.
>
>
> The T-link TL-R480T+ is cheap and pretty good, supports aggregating up to
> 4 WAN ports:
>
> http://www.tp-link.com/en/products/details/cat-4910_TL-R480T%2B.html
>
> Note:Its a router not a modem - you'll also need a modem for each line,
> which is then connected into the router.
>
>
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