[nylug-talk] Broadband withIP addresses

[Alex Pilosov]

On Thu, 21 Feb 2008, jh wrote:

> Ruben Safir wrote:
> > I'm blowing through the top of my upload ability with my 1.1 SDSL
> > connection from covad and looking for some new solutions.  Anyone know
> > of anything in the $200.00/mnt price range that includes stat IP
> > addresses?
> 
> I've been having the same issue. Here's what I've researched, and what
> I've ended up doing...
> 
> + Business cable modem has a faster upload speed for the money,
> however...
> 
> 	- No static IPs, at least on Optimum last time I asked,
> 	- No guarantee that they won't "cap" you, either,
> 	- May get slowdowns if you segment gets busy.
> 
> + ADSL2 is supposed to support bonding. No one supports it (yet? ever?).
>   Do a google, and you'll find that Europeans are enjoying bonded DSL,
> and have been for a while. Not us. This, IMO, would be the ideal
> solution. I'd buy four lines today from someone that offered it.
If there's demand, we'll supply. We can probably do something like LACP.

> + You can find (or build) devices that allow you to distribute uploads 
> among multiple consumer DSL lines.
> 
> 	- DIY is really unpleasant
> 	- Appliances that do it start at a few hundred dollars, but they work. 
> They typically have horrible interfaces and are not flexible.
> 	- Doesn't help you if you have one big file to upload.
> 	- Lots of hassles with FTP if you're using it.
> 	- Some ISPs (*cough*Ace*cough*) are simply not compatible due to  how 
> they lock lines to your MAC - some of these devices play games with MAC 
> addresses.
That is pretty much true. Without upstream's cooperation it is a bitch and 
a half. With cooperation, it is just a bitch.

> + You can set up policy routing through a firewall that supports it and
> get multiple DSL lines. That's what I'm doing. It sucks, but it works.
> 
> That's your choices until such time as telco/internet gets rational in
> this country, or until you have deeper pockets.
also true.