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Modem bonding for higher speed Internet access?; try LinkUPPP!

Modem bonding for higher speed Internet access?; try LinkUPPP!

CNET staff
Mitchel Mullin writes: "In your Beyond 56K Modems: Cable and DSL report, you missed one and, in my opinion, neat high-speed Internet access option, modem bonding. It is exactly what it says, putting two modems, two phone lines, and (if your ISP supports it) connect to the Internet twice as fast using POTS (Plain Old Telephone Service). For people living in places were these other options are not available, and won't be for a while, this will be the way to go." In that regard, he suggested a look at:

LinkUPPP! Turbo 3.0 It's a Multilink PPP client for the Mac OS that supports one or two modems over analog phone lines. "LinkUPPP! Turbo enables users to get access speeds of up to 112 kbps using two 56K modems. It also supports both AppleTalk and TCP/IP over a PPP connection via the industry standard ATCP and IPCP protocols, with a simple user interface and extensive diagnostics."