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How much would it cost to get a 2nd line and combine them? my current max speed on my line is 2mb so 2+2=4mb if the price is not soooo expensive im looking at a 6mb
 
Your best bet is the following (assuming you have no phone lines): 2x phone lines =R250 + 2xADSL4096= R832
Then you have a theoretical 8Mbps line for ~R1082 per month. You get routers with dual WAN ports, they are hard to come by but are available.
 
froot said:
Your best bet is the following (assuming you have no phone lines): 2x phone lines =R250 + 2xADSL4096= R832
Then you have a theoretical 8Mbps line for ~R1082 per month. You get routers with dual WAN ports, they are hard to come by but are available.
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1 already have a closer plan 5 with 4mb line but it cant make the 4mb so it runs at 2mb so if i take from verizon what will they charge?:confused: they offer 6mb line
 
Verizon charges service fees for connecting several lines to make your own mini pipe. It's something in the line of "line cost + adsl line cost"+10-15%. It is a lot cheaper to do it yourself.

So currently for you to use your closer 5 line and another two lines, it will cost you an extra R1082 per month, which would be R1623 excluding closer5 differences (Verizon probably won't be compatible with your closer since they pay for the lines and then you pay them).
So you would pay R1623 if you did it yourself (for three x 4mbit lines at ~6mbps for you) = ~R1732-R1800 including closer5
but you would pay R1900-ish if you did it through Verizon or any other company offering this service. (and then no closer5)
 
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froot said:
Verizon charges service fees for connecting several lines to make your own mini pipe. It's something in the line of "line cost + adsl line cost"+10-15%. It is a lot cheaper to do it yourself.

So currently for you to use your closer 5 line and another two lines, it will cost you an extra R1082 per month, which would be R1623 excluding closer5 differences (Verizon probably won't be compatible with your closer since they pay for the lines and then you pay them).
So you would pay R1623 if you did it yourself (for three x 4mbit lines at ~6mbps for you) = ~R1732-R1800 including closer5
but you would pay R1900-ish if you did it through Verizon or any other company offering this service. (and then no closer5)
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o ok thanks alot , but would telkom charge any installation fees etc for the new lines? and what router would i need? im using the billion 800vgt from telkom at the moment
 
Of course Telkom would charge installation fees... they have to install another physical line. Verizon would too.
You would have to search for a router with two WAN ports. I haven't seen, or heard of routers with 3 WAN ports though. It will cost you a pretty penny, maybe around R2000 for a 2xWAN port router.
 
froot said:
Of course Telkom would charge installation fees... they have to install another physical line. Verizon would too.
You would have to search for a router with two WAN ports. I haven't seen, or heard of routers with 3 WAN ports though. It will cost you a pretty penny, maybe around R2000 for a 2xWAN port router.
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cant i just get 1 of those things they use to split 1 line connection into 2(you can connect to phones in the house with the same number) and just plug the dsl cables instead? they look similar to the telkom dsl filter but has 3
 
The problem is that it will load balance and not truly bond the lines so you wont get full speed out of them
 
PrivateInSa said:
The problem is that it will load balance and not truly bond the lines so you wont get full speed out of them
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o ok , hhmmmmmmm so im looking at the 1st month at around R2500 with all the setup fees and then about R1800pm + isp costs , thats alot but on the good side when telkom upgrades speeds mine gets upgraded also. but where do i get the router from?
 
You get Netgear and Dlink routers with 2xWAN ports (also called Dual WAN ports). Just google for it, it's not hard to find.

The line splitter does absolutely nothing but split the outputs of a line. The maximum capacity of that line still stays whatever it is. It won't even use load balancing.
 
froot said:
You get Netgear and Dlink routers with 2xWAN ports (also called Dual WAN ports). Just google for it, it's not hard to find.

The line splitter does absolutely nothing but split the outputs of a line. The maximum capacity of that line still stays whatever it is. It won't even use load balancing.
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is there 1 with 3 wan ports?
 
Only on the enterprise side. You then get either 1,2 or 4X WAN ports. But then you will pay around 5-6 digits for your router :D

If you want 3 lines then I'd suggest you get a Dual-WAN port router and a regular router, then use a Dual PPPOE setup to split local and international (2x for intl and 1x for local). There would not really be another solution for you. Even speaking from a technical side. Except of course if you managed to afford an enterprise router.
 
froot said:
Only on the enterprise side. You then get either 1,2 or 4X WAN ports. But then you will pay around 5-6 digits for your router :D

If you want 3 lines then I'd suggest you get a Dual-WAN port router and a regular router, then use a Dual PPPOE setup to split local and international (2x for intl and 1x for local). There would not really be another solution for you. Even speaking from a technical side. Except of course if you managed to afford an enterprise router.
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no way would i be able to afford that , ok so do you know of any good quality dual wan port routers? i dont want to buy 1 that will break in a month:sick:
 
Like I said. Google for DLink or Netgear Dual WAN routers. They aren't too expensive and last pretty long (several years).
 
Is A Dlink DI LB604 Good? I Found 1 With 4 Wan Ports But Its R6500 Too Expensive This 1 Over Hear Is R960 , Is It Good?
 
The LB604 is quite decent. It's most often used by people in your situation, or in small businesses, where they actually "need" the extra bandwidth.
 
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