Bonding Cellular - Solution for Rural?

[thedigitaldoctor]

Trying to figure out exactly how internet connection bonding works, and if it would be a viable ADSL replacement in my area.

 

Right now the fastest available wired connection is 10/1 unlimited for ~$80 from Telus.  I get an average of 36/8 on Telus Mobility.  Rogers also has LTE in the area, and has a 100GB flex plan for $145/month.  Assuming Rogers has speeds similar to Telus, and that I can figure this bonding thing out, the biggest bill I could get would be ~$300.  Theoretical speeds would be 72/16, with 200GB of available bandwidth.  Acceptable and within budget.

 

Future option would be to add an ADSL connection and configure the bonding system to only use the mobile connections for certain things such as live streaming, uploading media, etc.

 

Anybody have a good starting point material they can recommend?

[elfensky]

Why bond at all? What speeds do you get with your adsl connection? 36/8 is far above average, and most phones nowadays can act as a hotspot (both wired and wireless). Just get a dedicated phone to act as one and let it run 24/7, since you're on unlimited anyway.

 

After some reading on the subject of bonding, you'd need to run a server (OracleVM being an example) and configure it to use both. (as you can set it in different configurations, to switch if the other one disconnects, and so on)

Source

 

My knowledge ends there however. I'd suggest you get some (old) (second hand?) laptop, and try running the Oracle stuff (or some other network server) on it, but I have no idea if it requires special hardware/...

[thedigitaldoctor]

Why bond at all? What speeds do you get with your adsl connection? 36/8 is far above average, and most phones nowadays can act as a hotspot (both wired and wireless). Just get a dedicated phone to act as one and let it run 24/7, since you're on unlimited anyway.

The mobile plans aren't unlimited (10GB max on Telus Mobility, Rogers has a 100GB plan for "hubs").  Considering mobile for the upload speed (mostly).  1mbps isn't really enough for remote security camera viewing or uploading YouTube media.

[braneopbru]

The mobile plans aren't unlimited (10GB max on Telus Mobility, Rogers has a 100GB plan for "hubs").  Considering mobile for the upload speed (mostly).  1mbps isn't really enough for remote security camera viewing or uploading YouTube media.

http://www.peplink.com/technology/speedfusion/

 

That's one quick example of what I found. There are a few companies that do this sort of stuff. Basically you buy one of their routers, you connect all your devices - mobile hotspots, adsl, cable or whatever you have. The router establishes a vpn connection to their servers and then with some binary voodoo they balance the traffic across all your available connections. On your end, you only see one connection out and it has the aggregate speed (more or less) of all your connections together. I believe that I read on one companies page that you can set download caps on each connection and it will balance the load proportionately to the available monthly bandwidth.

 

With all these solutions, there is obviously going to be a monthly fee and you'll most likely have to buy their hardware as well. 

[dalekphalm]

The mobile plans aren't unlimited (10GB max on Telus Mobility, Rogers has a 100GB plan for "hubs").  Considering mobile for the upload speed (mostly).  1mbps isn't really enough for remote security camera viewing or uploading YouTube media.

I would suggest forgetting about Bonding, since it generally requires expensive dedicated hardware, or complicated server setups.

 

That Rogers plan @ 36/8 w/ 100GB of Data is excellent for mobile internet. Just get an LTE router (Also known as a hub, though from a technical sense, that's a terrible word to describe a router), and connect that Router to a Switch and an AP (Although most LTE routers have built-in WIFI).

 

Is 36/8 insufficient? That's better than most people in Canada have - even those living in the bigger cities.