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This Xfinity FAQ refutes both of those claims. On the other hand, some tests have shown that the extra network can raise electricity costs.

So, on the enterprise IT side, this is extremely common

You bond multiple hardwired network cards in software for speed, redundancy or both.

NIC A port 1 and NIC B port 1 connect to two separate top-of-rack switches at say, 10GbE each.

You can set up in the OS that the two ports are set up for failover or load balancing. Essentially giving you either a fully redundant 10GbE pipe or a combined 20GbE pipe that can fail back to 10 if one side goes down.

In your case, what you're asking about is probably going to be bonding a Wifi and an Ethernet connection

Here's a VPN that claims it can be done via a load balanced software setup

Haven't tried it myself

https://speedify.com/blog/internet-speed/determine-isp-throttling-internet-speed/

Speed depends on: The peers, the seeders, the trackers, your bandwidth and your ISP.

Given unlimited bandwidth on your side, no 2 torrents will have the same speed because of the other variables.

The cheapest way to test it would be getting started with it would be getting a second sim with a 4g dongle from a different provider and something like https://speedify.com/ that you use with your phone and dongle.

But it's probably best to just buy a router that supports it with 2 sim, top of the line and still affordable would be Teltonika.

I have dual wan. If you just failover at your router you will get disconnected because your IP address will change when you change wan.

You could try speedify VPN or just game on your phone service. Gaming usually doesn't use much data so maybe just try it and monitor your usage.

Check out Speedify.com. They support bonding and automatic failover and get mentioned frequently here. I haven't tried it myself but am considering and they support Starlink as a connection.

You basically get a software/VPN client that aggregates your connections and provides seamless bonding/failover. You will need multiple connections to the computer but they can be Ethernet, WiFi, LTE, etc. and it will mix & match between them.

It's a paid service, of course, but their plans are quite reasonable.

I still have some obstructions so can't Zoom on my Starlink yet, but I would set this up on my work machine to failover to my LTE connection when SL dropped. That way I would hopefully not lose the video call for the few seconds it's obstructed each time.

Here’s a single solution shipped to you for your event: https://tradeshowinternet.com/services/4g-mega-internet-kit

Or you can rent LTE modems check event rental companies, radio rental companies, etc and then bond them together with Mushroom as you said or https://speedify.com/ I know that’s popular with independent mobile journalists, vloggers, etc.

You won't get great reliability without sending data simultaneously across multiple wans. I don't know if mwan3 can do this but if it can it will also require an external server to deduplicate and verify sent data. I haven't seen a guide for this that still works.

If you don't mind using a paid service and using much more data on your secondary links then speedify is a great option. It technically might work on openwrt but only on an x86 or x64 processor.

I'd try my hardest to avoid such a hacky solution and instead spend some time and money on getting your WISP to have a solid connection.

they make money from xfinitywifi hotspot from non-comcast customers and it cost you electricity when someone uses the modem should be free modem rental if you leave xfinitywifi hotspot broadcasting.

https://speedify.com/blog/internet-reliability/comcast-public-hotspot-cost/

I know I'm a little late to the party but I just found this out for UFC 230. You can stream in HD for free with a simple app https://speedify.com/blog/unblock-internet/watch-ufc-online-free-ppv/. Best part? It's totally free!

Since nobody answered, Samsung has a feature where you can use a combo of both for optimal speeds. It's called download booster.

Edit: Source https://www.samsung.com/uk/support/mobile-devices/what-is-the-download-booster-and-how-do-i-enable-it-on-my-samsung-galaxy-alpha/

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There's also a paid app that does this

https://speedify.com/blog/internet-speed/best-apps-faster-reliable-mobile-internet/

https://speedify.com/features/connection-priority-monitor-internet-connection-usage/ Not sure of this app allows you specify a connection to use on a per-app basis, but I know other VPN software can “tunnel” a connection to make only some apps use the VPN. Might be possible to have it only send chrome.exe traffic through your hotspot.

Welcome. Use failover mode if you don't mind reconnecting to Zoom or your connection dropping for a few seconds and redundant mode if your doing something important but redundant mode will use data on your LTE as well as your landline so be aware of that: https://speedify.com/features/fix-packet-loss-redundant-internet-mode/

You definitely have to watch today's live stream on building a bonded Internet router on a Pi with Speedify: https://speedify.com/event/speedify-live-presents-diy-time-raspberry-pi-bonding-router-for-streaming/?utm_source=reddit&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=speedify-live

UPDATE: If you're interested in asking questions live to our CEO, tune in on Dec 2 at 5 PM EST to Speedify Live. Alex will be building a bonding router for streaming based on the Raspberry Pi.
Event page - we'll be live streaming to Twitch, YouTube and Facebook.
The recording will also be available on our YouTube channel.

I pay $5 for https://speedify.com/

No traffic limitations, many servers, nat allowed, torrent friendly only servers, bandwidth bonding.

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Hosting your own VPN can be done for $2.5 per month with the right hosting companies

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Cost per IP breakdown, probably unrelivant: Static IP's are $2.5 per IPv4 adress when you buy from a hosting company, some companies charge $10, these companies normally buy a bigger alocation of addresses, break it up for customers and onsell. It's been ages from finding a compeditive price but at a guess a /24 block is like $2000, which is 256 hosts, devide by months in a year and number of hosts is 0.66 cents per month per IP.

Here is a company that offers exactly this, as a "packaged" consumer friendly solution.

https://speedify.com/

If you rented your own virtual private server from some provider of those (there are dozens) you could do it yourself if sufficiently competent using free/open software like OpenVPN.

While you are correct that it is a L2 protocol, it is still considered a LAN.

I think you'll have better luck trying something like this rather than the PCC method:

https://speedify.com/blog/fix-slow-internet/use-wifi-and-data-at-the-same-time-android/

Just looked it up on their site and they more or less claim it should work:

https://speedify.com/features/channel-bonding/

"Efficiency: Most connection aggregation solutions aren’t intelligent. They blindly split traffic over each network connection in a “round robin” manner, like dealing cards in a card game. Speedify’s smart Channel Bonding technology is able to detect the capabilities of each network connection. Then, it intelligently distributes the traffic so that you will get up to 95% efficiency of their combined throughput."

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I wonder if they figured out how to differentiate between packets/streams/whatever that is less latency sensitive (non-live streaming video) vs latency sensitive (video conference).

Yes it's possible to be connected to both routers at the same time, it can be complicated but possible, there's even functionality built into Windows - BUT it will not do what you're expecting it to.

You'd need to use a service like this one https://speedify.com/ where your traffic is routed through their servers, so there are some implications there (possible privacy etc).

There are also more advanced routers which will bond connections and then let you define which traffic goes out which connection first, that's probably more than you're wanting to do - but if you wanted to get some more info, check this out; https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svZ6PKqGdtg

I don’t know of any routers that can handle 3 dsl lines, some can do two if it’s a bonded setup from the provider but guessing that’s not an option or you’d already have it. Soo individual modems is likely the only option.

On the router front you might want to consider looking into bonded vpn like https://speedify.com/ which can combine multiple connections of different speeds, no changing IP address, no dropping connections if one link goes down. I used it to make a mobile broadcast rig, that utilizes 5x 4G/LTE modems and it can seamlessly keep streaming moving through coverage areas as long as 1 modem stays up. When all are up it’s better speed than possible any other way. Similar could be done with CL and starlink.

While router load balancing may work fine for you, there's also internet/channel bonding which may work even better. Here's a decent article explaining some of the differences: https://speedify.com/blog/combining-internet-connections/bonding-vs-load-balancing/

you'd of course need two wifi cards to let you connect to the two networks simultaneously. then you'd also need some sort of bonding tech. you could roll you own, but if you are not too inclined on doing that speedify offers such a service.

Uploads, if they're sending to you then it's upload for them. And if I'm giving up the maths. 50mb/s. Convert to minutes multiplying by seconds to minutes (60). Not much to it

10GB can be done a fuck ton quicker with the right lines or a fuck ton slower. You can't download anything faster than what the uploader is giving out. And yes Blizzard will have a huge bandwidth to play with but they'll also have god knows how many people to supply it to.

According to this article they throttle to 1mb/s to outside the us on day of the updates release, they'll likely throttle at peak times too.

https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/download-warzone-faster/

So there you go.

ANY alternate ISP? You may want to try your computer running https://speedify.com/ (first 2GB every month free) and bonding whatever you had before with cellular and Starlink, etc. Basically this will make a failover VPN for you. I don't know those games so I can't comment on them, and other Starlink users are apparently running them so it's not likely to be a Starlink system issue like the CGNAT IPs they are giving you. Still, I like this idea for myself (and internet based phones) of bonding my ISPs while I have a couple with Starlink, eventually to prioritize the expected high bandwidth high speed low latency Starlink service but have automatic failovers with the least interruption for my critical internet phones (and other things like streaming video I may just let die/freeze if Starlink is temporarily out).

I wouldn't count on improvements from additional satellites fixing 40% downtime, the expected changes will be only incremental in the near future.

If removing trees isn't an option the only choice is going up i.e. either build a tower or install Dishy high up on a tree.

If distance to a suitable tree is an issue get a weather-proof box for the PoE injector and run power to it, and on the data side just keep daisy chaining Cat 5e/6/6A cables, according to the standard they should support 1 gbps for 100 m or 328 feet, and add repeaters to boost the signal as needed, alternately look into Ubiquiti point-to-point wireless.

In the meantime you can set up a faillover system:

• with software: Spedify
• with hardware - buy a router with multiple WAN ports that supports failover or load balancing. For suggestions either search this sub or post a new thread here or in other tech support subs.

Use speedify.com it will solve the problem for you and it is dead simple to set up and use. I have no affiliation with them other than as a satisfied customer for a period of several years.

The app shows no obstructions on the compass dial, it shows 10-15 mins a day in the statistics. Support said our obstructions are to the north and northeast (no surprise).

I'm using speedify.com as a failover and it's ok, not awesome for Zoom which is a bummer since I often spend 1/2 my workday day on calls.

I'm using Speedify.com as my failover and it's keeping me connected to Zoom for the most part.

The outages are minor but annoying while on a Zoom call, I would notice less if I wasn't on so many calls a day.

Well, lots of people did complain about it when it first came out. Searching reddit found plenty of complaints like this and this.

And a lot of Xfinity users probably don't complain because they don't know this is happening and many that do are assured by Comcast that it doesn't effect their own bandwidth - which is true - but it does further clutter the wifi spectrum and use more electricity (about $23/year in 2014 according to these guys).

Your frequent drops have nothing to do with what DNS Server you are using, though Google usually give you better performance.

https://speedify.com/blog/fix-internet-disconnecting/how-to-fix-internet-keeps-dropping/#:~:text=Reasons%20Why%20Internet%20Keeps%20Dropping&text=You%20are%20connected%20to%20a,modem%20%2F%20router%20to%20your%20computer.&text=Wireless%20interference%20with%20other%20Wi,or%20modem%20%2F%20router%20outdated%20firmware

You can do it in software on your PC or phone - speedify.com. You obviously have to physically connect the two starlink boxes to your PC so you might need an ethernet to USB converter or something like that.

I use speedify (speedify.com) - it's an application for your computer or phone that does the same thing. No extra hardware required. It would allow you to use both networks bonded together in an intelligent way. Obviously you need to physically connect both networks to the computer so you might need a USB to ethernet connection or something like that but no additional router hardware.

I found links in your comment that were not hyperlinked:

• Speedify.com

I did the honors for you.

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They should both be able to handle streaming out a 720p30 feed. My only question is why? Aren't there purpose-built devices for your use case that would work better and come out cheaper?

With a little googling I found this guide that uses a Raspberry Pi 4 for the same purpose. Not nearly as pretty, but significantly cheaper.

Don't use att fiber if you send data back and forth a lot. It a buggy and shiity service.

Their gateways are simply maleware

https://speedify.com/blog/fast-bonding-vpn/no-surprise-att-is-tracking-you/

And they even added a encryption code that bounced back and forth from the server keeping most people from running the internet you paid for through your own router

Looking through their past comments it looks like they started off originally being upfront in their posts but have slowly moved farther and farther away from disclosing they're affiliated unless asked.

Just look at the following comments, in my eyes it's pretty obvious the intent is to make them seem like they're coming from users of the product, not the devs. The way they keep referring to things like "according to this" instead of "per our blog" just seems a little disingenuous in my opinion.

"According to this setup (https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/build-irl-streaming-backpack-complete-guide/) that revolves around a Raspberry Pi, you can use the Sony AS300 or any HD video camera for that matter."

"If you're planning on streaming in the city and have many public WiFi hotspots around, you can use channel bonding software (such as Speedify) to combine both WiFi and your cellular connection at once on your phone."

"You can also use channel bonding software that lets you combine both WiFi and cellular connections on your phone - Speedify is an example. This way, if you lose the WiFi connection, you'll remain connected via cellular until WiFi gets back."

"I would use Speedify channel bonding software on my phone to combine public WiFi with cellular connection and keep the stream going."

Many IRL streamers already have the equipment, but are missing the fast and stable Internet. This is why we built this simple setup with components that any streamer should be able to replicate.

The Raspberry Pi is used only for bonding purposes - you can add any number of tethered phones or cellular dongles over USB. Using Speedify bonding VPN app, you will be able to combine those together and share the resulting "super pipe" over Wi-Fi to your video camera. Naturally, a strong battery pack is needed for longer streaming duration.

Here's the blog detailing the setup, as well as a video of that: https://speedify.com/blog/better-streaming/raspberry-pi-irl-streaming-hotspot-bonded-lte/.

Actually use Speedify; I just stumbled upon it; loads 1080p auto videos on Starbucks WiFi than the aforementioned others. It also allows for fast DNS switching.

There’s a 7 day free trial. Worth. Canceled my $4.99/mo WARP subscription and deleted the app as with EdgeWise Connect.

https://speedify.com/

It is possible, it's called bonding. I don't know that it's directly supported in either Windows or Mac but there are some 3rd party services like https://speedify.com that do it. Not sure if it's just for cell phones though.

Now this works great for cell phones because they have both wifi and cellular. For your laptop, I would imagine it would need to have a cellular modem which isn't super common. Your laptop wifi can only connect to one wifi network at a time, so you can't hotspot to your phone (unless it is a wired hotspot connection).

Here is an article that gives you some ideas for what might be causing your issue and some possible steps to resovle it: https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/fix-internet-randomly-disconnects/

If you need help understanding the computer concepts in the article feel free to ask and I will try my best to give you an explanation.

Our purpose was to create a full budget IRL streaming backpack. As a comparison in functionality and price, we looked at the LiveU Solo ($1000) and the Gunrun backpack ($1600). The cost for the setup above: about $600, including the Sony HDR-AS300 camera ($300) and the Elgato Cam Link capture card ($120)!

The Raspberry Pi 4 acts as the computer in this unit. We installed Speedify channel bonding software to combine tethered phones via USB for a faster, more stable stream when on the move. We're also using ffmpeg to stream to Twitch in 720p at 24 fps. As we don't need a UI, we programmed the Circuit Playground Express to act as a remote - start / stop the stream and reset the Pi.

Here are the details: https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/build-irl-streaming-backpack-complete-guide/ - includes a video that presents the project.

According to this setup (https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/build-irl-streaming-backpack-complete-guide/) that revolves around a Raspberry Pi, you can use the Sony AS300 or any HD video camera for that matter. There will be a capture card capable of transcoding the raw camera footage into a format that the Pi can upload.

Did you try any IRL streaming setup around a Raspberry Pi 4 and channel bonding software? Here's one: https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/build-irl-streaming-backpack-complete-guide/

They will set you back a few hundreds of dollars, depending on which you choose. Gunrun's is a $1,600 min. investment; even the LiveU Solo is around $1,000... but why don't you try a Raspberry Pi centered one? It's significantly cheaper - here's one: https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/build-irl-streaming-backpack-complete-guide/

You can find such a setup, with Raspberry Pi and Speedify channel bonding, as well as the Sony AS300 demoed here: https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/build-irl-streaming-backpack-complete-guide/. According to that, it costs $600, but if you already have the cam, it'll be about half of that.

Hey - why don't you try the Raspberry Pi centered streaming backpack here: https://speedify.com/blog/how-to/build-irl-streaming-backpack-complete-guide/ ? Since you already have the camera, it'll probably cost you around $300. And it also includes Speedify, for connection bonding - I think I speak for everyone when I say that IRL streaming with just one Internet connection is not reliable.

Unfortunately it looks like they did away with that code, at the moment it seems the best deal you can secure is using their 54% off link (referral stripped) and then the 20% off code HOLIDAY20 at checkout to bring it to $38 a year.

I don't really care about tracking myself, but I happened to see an article on preventing them from doing this. If you really care about it though, I recommend doing research since this article may or may not be up to date:

https://speedify.com/blog/fast-bonding-vpn/prevent-verizon-tracking-you/

Oh wait, the same hotspot that costs each account owner an average of $23 a year in electricity costs on top of their own usage, that's not paid back by comcast? https://speedify.com/blog/internet-reliability/comcast-public-hotspot-cost/

No, I never, sorry.

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but i did find an interesting site on my research - https://speedify.com/

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allows u to bond multiple connections - buy a 4g hotspot.. use 4g sim in hotspot and 1 in the phone = 2 connections for the phone = double the speed.

HOLY CRIPES no. If you crank your bitrate up that high you'll drop mobile viewers faster than they can click their phone closed.

1080p60fps - 4.5-6
1080p30fps 3.5-5
720p60fps-3.5-5
720p30fps - 2.5-4
https://speedify.com/blog/better-streaming/best-video-bitrate-for-live-streaming-without-buffering/
The vast majority of us can get away with the lower end of that spectrum.

Xfinitywifi is not reliable enough for full time uses. Your options are

Expect good days and bad days

Use something better

Get something to bind two Xfinitywifi connections together so you have failover:

https://speedify.com/blog/internet-speed/fix-xfinity-wifi-hotspot-not-working/

I’m not sure if this actually works but I remember a few years back I tried speedify which will combine both connections for you.

I would suggest looking towards a better network card in possible though.

What VPN are you using? Is it leaking DNS? Maybe this can help - sharing VPN over WiFi with Connectify: https://speedify.com/blog/fast-bonding-vpn/share-vpn-over-wifi-5-minutes/.

You're definitely right in theory. Problem is, we live in Mexico. My internet is about 7mbps tops on a good day, and nothing faster is available. By having two connections, we can spread our streaming as a family to make it just about bearable. Keep meaning to see if Speedify (https://speedify.com/desktop-vpn/) would work here so I can combine the speeds, but never get around to it.