Re: [Hampshire] High bandwidth using DSL lines.

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Author: Simon Capstick
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Subject: Re: [Hampshire] High bandwidth using DSL lines.
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.
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> 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.
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> 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?

Simon