Pep Link 30 load balancer. Cool!

[Ric]

I've had enough of these high phone prices, so I have already begun the migration to VoIP with Vonage. But what hesitates me to take the big plunge is a aDSL reliability. So I thought hard about load balancing two internet connections, by adding a Cable modem from Charter (5 meg down, 512k up) for $24.95 a month, along with my aDSL (6 meg down, 512k up) by using a SOHO load balancer.

Now my total internet bill is $70.00 a month, but I've got it all worked out. With the Pep Link 30, you can hook up 3 ISP's, for your WAN, and it load balances, has fail over if one ISP goes down, and always picks the best connection without even a glitch in speed or latency.

This thing is easy to setup, works wonders on P2P, and Unless both ISP's fail, I always have internet.

Why? Vonage is cheap. Really cheap compared to the local telco. I have two phone lines, and every calling feature you could ask for at $50.00 a month. That means $50.00 + $70.00 is $130 a month, not the $243.95 a month my two lines with same features from AT&T cost.

And I've got plenty of upstream bandwidth to use for Vonage.

Here is a pick of the Pep Link 30:

[Pete]

Here we have to have a connected phone service to get ADSL on the line, the phone service costs $30 month (calls extra), ADSL is by whoever you choose to supply it, price varies on speed and download allowance. So no matter what happens with with my ADSL link, there's always a phone service available, my ISP has a good VoIP service which is far cheaper for calls than the phone company, so i use them for outgoing calls, no monthly fee, pay for calls only.

I use a Linksys SPA3000 (http://www.linksys.com/servlet/Satellite?c=L_Product_C2&childpagename=US%2FLayout&cid=1125638798035&pagename=Linksys%2FCommon%2FVisitorWrapper) for VoIP, plus it falls back to the POTS automatically when VoIP fails.

[Wheelin Rev]

Ric always gets the neat stuff...

...and he has my HDTV set ! ! ! :dft007:

:036: Dave :036:

[Ric]

Ric always gets the neat stuff...

...and he has my HDTV set ! ! ! :dft007:

:036: Dave :036:

Yes, I'm still "tuning and adjusting your HDTV" :017::017::017:

[Wheelin Rev]

Ric,

Please tell me I'll have the HDTV installed here no later than the Superbowl kickoff. :013:

Dave