[AusNOG] load balancing ADSl connections

[Joseph Goldman]

It is completely possible to bond ADSL and use as backhaul while 
building customer base. Obviously - you could run into congestion fast 
though. Depends how you sell your wireless product (1-10mbps or 5-50mbps 
etc).

Have you had a look to see if any EoC providers are available in the 
area? These still use the copper pairs from the exchange, and so can 
generally cost a lot less to get started with some decent bandwidth 
(much better than the commitment costs of fiber optic). You might also 
have some luck looking for some premium microwave / fixed wireless 
providers to do the higher bandwidth backhaul.

For ADSL bonding - the most luck I've had is using individual 
connections, with a tunnel over each to a familiar endpoint in the DC, 
with some form of bonding placed on the tunnels, in my use cases 
specifically, Mikrotik's proprietary balance-rr bonding over their EoIP 
tunnels. MLPPP I've had little success with, not to say it can't work 
though.

On 04/11/15 06:41, Jock Graham wrote:
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> *Hi All,*
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> *Am new to this group but would really like some advice on the 
> legalities of load balancing multiple ADSL connections to supply a 
> rural wireless network with fast broadband. Are you able to onsell 
> connections to this kind of network if the adsl lines are the primary 
> backhaul? It seems to be the cheapest alternative when you only have a 
> few clients on the wireless network, but unsure what this means legally.*
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> *Other alternatives where to buy ip transit ADSL lines to a data 
> centre and bond connections then have access through a layer 2 
> provider, but found its very expensive for the limited bandwidth. *
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> *We have a wireless networks over 20 km with multipoint connections 
> for the rural community and really want the lowest cost backhaul, with 
> the best throughput which seems ADSL load balacing but just concerned 
> about the legalities of this with major providers (Telstra, Optus, 
> AAPT). Are there any providers that allow this to occur?*
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> *Regards*
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> **
>
> *Jock*
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> **
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> *Jock at eulonga.com.au*
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