New ADSL products from IS

[rpm]

New ADSL products from IS

Internet Solution is planning a leased line and business ADSL combination

 

[Rabbit7766]

using a 2800 router to "load balance" traffic across multiple connections (diginet and ADSL) is nothing new. Clever marketing is all that it is.

 

[Tns]

using a 2800 router to "load balance" traffic across multiple connections (diginet and ADSL) is nothing new. Clever marketing is all that it is.

true, all this have been around some already, like ipods add a lot of hype and it will sell.

 

[Moederloos]

Well, with the shoddy levels of Telkom support in our main office area, we would go for this (price depending).
ADSL goes down more often than a crack-whore.

 

[sox63]

Why would a customer want a leased line and ADSL load balanced solution? I'm trying to understand but I can't. Usually its the leased line as primary and ADSL as a backup connection.

But sounds like a variation of MTN NS's dual connect offering

 

[kaaskop]

Still means nothing for a home user like me that likes to d/l from news servers

 

[boramk]

IS is SLOW loading sites, SLOW with news servers

 

[Tns]

IS is SLOW loading sites, SLOW with news servers

really i haven't noticed.

 

[MidnightWizard]

CISCO Blues

using a 2800 router to "load balance" traffic across multiple connections (diginet and ADSL) is nothing new. Clever marketing is all that it is.

WHY a 2800

The "old" 3620 I have will load balance between Diginet (8 Serial Ports) ADSL & ISDN & will set you back a LOT less than a new 2800 -- Unless of course there is something I am missing

MW

 

[semiautomatix]

In this day in age why should SMMEs be using Diginet lines? Reliable, high speed ADSL should be more than adequate!

 

[Rabbit7766]

WHY a 2800

The "old" 3620 I have will load balance between Diginet (8 Serial Ports) ADSL & ISDN & will set you back a LOT less than a new 2800 -- Unless of course there is something I am missing

MW

fully agreed, I just used the 2800 as an example

 

[Roman4604]

using a Cisco 2800 router splitting traffic based on protocol

A bit of an overkill as the cheaper 1841 could do it, but I suppose depends on number of lines and sustained throughput required.

Why would a customer want a leased line and ADSL load balanced solution? I'm trying to understand but I can't.

Policy routing allows a co. to direct line-of-business traffic requiring guarenteed responses through the leased line, while nuisence traffic (e.g. staff browsing) can be 'load schedded' onto the ADSL.

Still means nothing for a home user like me that likes to d/l from news servers

News access is one of the applications that would benefit greatly from load balancing multiple ADSL (or other) lines, as most news servers allow multiple concurrent connections.

 

[Ou grote]

Well, with the shoddy levels of Telkom support in our main office area, we would go for this (price depending).
ADSL goes down more often than a crack-whore.

What's wrong with crack-whore's?
They are way more useful than Telkom.

 

[Tns]

What's wrong with crack-whore's?
They are way more useful than Telkom.

true at least you get some service