[Gllug] Bandwidth aggregation techniques

[Stephen Harker]

Mike Brodbelt wrote:
> Firstly  - this is a rhetorical question. I don't have 10 ADSL lines,
> nor do I think I ever will :-). This was inspired by my noting that BT
> will provide 512kbps ADSL up to 5.5km from the exchange, but 2Mbps only
> 3.5 km from the exchange.
> 
> So, if one wanted, for the sake of argument, a 5Mbps connection, one
> could get 10 analogue lines provisioned, and then order 512kbps ADSL on
> each line. Assume a miracle occurs, and you can get this off BT, and
> further, assume that each DSL link terminated on a router, you'd end up
> with 10 ethernet interfaces, each capable of 512kbps downstream and
> 256kbps upstream.
> 

I don't fully know if this would work. If all 10 lines were to and from 
the same point (exchange to site), wouldn't the 10 ADSL connections all 
be contending with each other for the 512k allocated to that particular 
ADSL node?
Or have I got it wrong. Highly likely. I need coffee...
Steve



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