| -- End Ad Box ---> | | | | modem, Fixed Wireless, you name it - into a single |
| You probably would love to have a T1 or T3 at home, | | | | seamless "big data pipe" shared by all the machines in |
| but more often than not, it's hard to justify the luxury. | | | | your LAN. The devices don't even have to be of the |
| While in some places residential DSL service has | | | | same type, as any pair of broadband connections with |
| reached T1 speeds but with a cap on the Giga Bytes | | | | Ethernet (RJ45) connectivity can be used, and even |
| downloaded, in too many others - like mine - residential | | | | mixed for additional safety against service outages |
| Cable modem, ADSL and even fixed wireless | | | | from a particular (Telco or Cable) infrastructure. |
| services offer less-than-T1 speeds. In India providers of | | | | While you won't be able to use the combined |
| all three available broadband service types (cable, DSL, | | | | bandwidth with a single file download, any applications |
| fixed) seem to have conspired to offer 256 Kbps as | | | | using multiple simultaneous connections will. The |
| the fastest speed for unlimited download. We could | | | | scenarios are many; you can use the combined |
| rant about the price too, suffice to say we pay the | | | | bandwidth even if you have only one PC behind the |
| same price for 256 Kbps for which a subscriber can | | | | router doing multiple downloads -when downloading a |
| get 1.5 Mbits ADSL in the U.S. | | | | web page with graphics for example, when you use a |
| Ziksa Digital Services and company based in | | | | "download accelerator", when you manually start |
| Bangalore, India introduces the Bandwidth Multiplier | | | | downloading multiple files at once, or when you use a |
| which makes T1 speeds and beyond available to | | | | peer-to-peer file sharing program. |
| anyone who can afford it - even if the broadband | | | | For small businesses and others who want Internet |
| offerings are limited in speed. These routers have the | | | | access redundancy and improved speed, this is the |
| ability to "join" two broadband links - xDSL, Cable | | | | perfect product. |