Jim <mlist@budget.co.nz> wrote:

>The net connection is to be shared with my flatmates. At the moment we have
>56k [optimistic], and it's so horrible that even doubling it wouldn't really
>satisfy our need for speed. 128k is just not broadband, IMO, and a waste of
>DSLs capability, but the fast flat rate situation is exactly what I'm
>looking for.

If you want to run broadband applications like streaming video/audio, then you
aren't going to do it with two dsl lines, at least, not without help from
someone on the internet (like your isp).

Each dsl line will have it's own ip address. You will not be able to use both
lines for one single download or stream. If you have two streams, then you
could use one line for each, if you had the correct software on the gateway
(does it exist?).

If you can get someone like your isp to terminate your connection on a machine
with a fatter pipe, and then tunnel a ppp (or whatever) session to you that
does support sending packets down both links, then it would work, and probaby
quiite well.

Without the cooperation of someone to allow you to make use of both
connections, I don't see this as being worthwhile.

--
Tom Parker - tom@carrott.org
           - http://www.carrott.org
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