i see thoose kind of peers a lot...not a big deal
It's not a joke, and TimeTraveler both connections were active until completion so it wasn't a ghost connection.
I go with the theory that he somehow bundled his connection, the progress really seemed to be identical.
Thank you all for your comments
2 or possibly more adsl enabled lines have the same routing information at the telephone exchange and one router / bridge / switch at the users premises which forms one virtual connection, so an ordinary ADSL line in the uk is split 3 ways between the users premises and the exchange one for voice calls, one for upstream data & a larger one for downstream data, with 2 lines bonded you have 2 upstream & 2 downstream channels which equals double the bandwidth / throughput
the one connection will have the same network ID between the exchange and your ISP's radius server which allows you to logon, each network ID will be allocated a new random or a fixed base IP address.
*Edit* It works with upto 4 adsl lines in the UK the backbone product that your ISP subscribes to from BT Wholesale is called shareband
Actually you should be able to read about the outline of the product here starting on page 6 of this PDF:
http://www.btwholesale-engage.com/cm...enthelines.pdf
Last edited by Time-Traveller; 01-11-2009 at 11:19 PM.
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