[11280] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Bonded Pipes
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (J.D. Falk)
Thu Jul 24 19:37:01 1997
Date: Thu, 24 Jul 1997 16:26:00 -0700
From: "J.D. Falk" <jdfalk@priori.net>
To: Scott Landman <Scott_Landman@zd.com>
Cc: nanog@merit.edu
In-Reply-To: <082564DE.007A1BA1.00@mailer.zd.com> [9707.24]
On Jul 24, Scott Landman <Scott_Landman@zd.com> wrote:
> Does anyone out there have any comment on some of the new, bonded pipe
> products like the WebRamp M3 or Transendmodem? From what I understand they
> are saying that multiple lines can be aggregated to act as one, virtual
> line.
>
> My question is: will the ISPs support multiple sessions from the same
> account (name/password) without charging N X the number of lines per hour?
I can't see how, without drastically changing the authentication
methods used by just about every terminal server out there.
> If yes, then these like like cheap alternatives to ISDN. If not, is there
> any benefit to aggregating?
This type of technology is best used for dedicated connections,
IMHO, at least until Ascend, Livingston, Cisco, and other
companies that make big dial-in boxes support it.
BTW, this question might be better asked of inet-access, since
there's more discussion of dialup issues there.
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