Technology Comparison

Evaluating multiple technologies for your next deployment? Bonded Internet compares favourably with all major Internet access technologies.

Products & Features KTI Bonding ADSL Cable Load balancers MLPPP [1] T1 Fiber MPLS
Approx. monthly price $59 base + $59/leg + Cost of connections [2] $30-$70 $50-$85 Cost of connections; requires one-time hardware purchase Cost of connections + flat ISP rate from $0 to $100 or more $500 $1500 for E10 $400-$1,500
Speed (Mbps down/up) 100/100 or
more; based on sum of connections		 Up to 25/2 Up to 100/5 100/100 or more Up to 24/3.2 1.5/1.5 Unlimited Depends on
delivery medium
Avoids ISP lock-in yes no no yes no no no no
Supports QoS yes no no Limited [3] no no no yes
Reliability independent of single ISP yes no no yes no no no no
Data compression yes no no no yes no no no
Professional support included yes no no For extra charge For extra charge yes yes yes
Use connections of diverse types, providers, speeds, and latencies yes - - yes no - - -
Instant failover without dropping sessions yes - - no yes - - -
Total speed available for single transfer yes - - no Yes, if all connections have same speeds [4] - - -
Number of bonded connections Unlimited - - Unlimited 4 or 8 with important limitations; see [5] - - -
Business-class hardware included yes - - yes No [6] - - -
Local ISP support not required yes - - yes no - - no