I'll second the Draytek range; excellent routers.
Two adsl links would indeed provide little resilient, even with
different ISPs.
On 15 Aug 2010, at 21:07, Paul Stimpson <paul@???>
wrote:
> On 15/08/10 17:04, Rob Malpass wrote:
>> Hi all
>>
>> [Slightly OT – but whenever I try and google this I just get sent
>> to Mobile
>> ISPs’ websites]
>>
>> We’re going to be moving shortly and are highly dependent on the i
>> nternet.
>> So much so in fact that we have both ADSL and cable – one acting a
>> s a backup
>> for the other. Costly I know but for reasons I won’t bore you wi
>> th – we
>> need certainty in our connection – or rather having a connection.
>>
>> The place we move to might well not have cable. As such, ADSL
>> seems our
>> “only” option. This got me thinking about mobile
>> broadband... Suppose I
>> took up a mobile contract that included 3g web access and stuck
>> that sim
>> card into a 3g router. That would then (admittedly at reduced
>> bandwidth)
>> do the trick wouldn’t it? I’ve seen this for £80 on Amazon.
>>
>>
>
> At work we have the Draytek Vigor 2820 router. It supports 2 WAN
> connections. WAN1 is always ADSL. WAN2 can be either Ethernet-
> delivered broadband or 3G broadband (via a USB dongle plugged into
> the router.) It is capable of load balancing or failover switching.
> There are several versions of the 2820: The 2820 (just a router),
> 2820n (same but with a wireless-n access point), 2820vn (2820n plus
> integrated VOIP ATA), 2820vSn (2820vn with ISDN backup option). None
> of them are cheap (in fact they're pretty pricey) but the ADSL modem
> is specifically designed for the UK market and is exceptionally good
> (It gave me over 5Mbps on the same line my old modem gave 3.5)
>
>
>> Are there any other considerations (beyond the presumably
>> extortionate
>> tariff I’d need to be on – I currently have 2Gb which is not
>> much for
>> desktop but would be considered huge for “mobile”.
>>
>> Is there another option? I know I could have 2 BT lines into the
>> new house
>> but if there was a BT fault both lines would go down (wouldn’t the
>> y?)
>>
>>
>
> That would depend. If it was an individual cable or joint breaking
> then no. If both of your lines were on the same card at the exchange
> or you chose the same ISP for both then an ISP or card fault could
> take both out, as could someone digging through the cables from the
> exchange to your street with a JCB.
>
> I have mobile broadband from Three on Pay-as-you-go. It's a pretty
> good deal. A top up lasts 1 month and you can choose 1GB (£10), 3GB
> (£15) or 7GB (£15). The only minimum commitment is that you have to
> put at least a £10 top up on the card at least every 180 days or Thr
> ee reserve the option to cancel the SIM.
>
> If you would be prepared to accept a small outage you don't need to
> keep credit on the card. When the ADSL failed the router would
> failover to the 3G. The next time you try to load a web page you
> will get a page with the Three logo saying you have run out of
> credit. You can still access the Threestore website in this state
> and top up with your credit card. You also have the option to buy a
> top up voucher at any shop that sells them.
>
> Cheers,
> Paul.
>
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