Cable and DSL bridge question?

[HurtMeP1nty007]

Is it possible to have cable internet and bridge the connection with a DSL connection? if so, has anyone done this and what are the pros/cons of it?

 

[Bullitt]

Pro's

If you have multiple (5+) users it will work out quite nice

Con's
If you expect to download one file at the combined speeds of both connections, it wont happen.
Cost of 2 internet connections

 

[HurtMeP1nty007]

so how much of a speed increase do u think you would see?

 

[Bullitt]

Zero.

all it will do for you is that multiple users will seem faster because it is using multiple connections instead of sharing 1.

Example:

2 users 1 3mbit cablemodem : User 1 starts download from microsoft. 2nd user starts download from microsoft. user 1 see's 2.8 mbps user 2 sees the rest. result user #2 is peeved until user 1 is done

2 users 2 3mbit connections: User 1 starts download, sees 3mbit. User 2 starts download, sees 3mbit. Both happy.

1 user 2 3mbit connections : User 1 starts download from MS. gets 3mbit. User 1 is confused on why they are spending twice the money for the same connection.
Alternative situation : User 1 starts download from MS gets 3mbit on download. User 1 starts a game demo from nvidia. User 1 gets 2 3mbit SEPERATE downloads. User 1 says this is cool. Does it 3 more times that day and forgets about it. User 1 gets bill from ISP for double the service.

Its only useful IMO if you have LOTS of users with HEAVY traffic. Casual browsing and downloading, its kinda a waste.

 

[BollWeevil]

http://www.hardforum.com/showthread.php?t=930898

 

[YeOldeStonecat]

Is it possible to have cable internet and bridge the connection with a DSL connection? if so, has anyone done this and what are the pros/cons of it?

Yes, there are some dual WAN ports routers out there.
Symantec (bought up Nexland)
Linksys/Cisco RV0 series (awesome routers)

They do "load balancing", and failover redundancy. But not combining.