Use every link.
Distribute different users and connections across available circuits. Increase the capacity available to the office without assuming one transfer can use every circuit.
For busy teams and multiple applications.BANDWIDTH / BETTER TOGETHER
More from
every connection.
You need more bandwidth.
Start with a better way to use it.
Bring your connections together. Find better-value capacity. Reduce the work your network has to do. From a busy office to a cloud-connected business, choose the method that fits the bottleneck.
AGGREGATEBONDOPTIMISEKEEP MOVING
BETTER CONNECTED↗MORE POSSIBILITY
FIBRE / 01WIRELESS / 02CLOUD / 03SIGNAL → STRATEGY → BETTER WORK
MORE CAPACITY IS ONE ANSWER. THE RIGHT ARCHITECTURE IS ANOTHER.
01 / A TOOLKIT, NOT A MAGIC SWITCH
Six ways to
make room.
The solution might be a second circuit, a bonded tunnel, a better route to the cloud or simply less unnecessary traffic. Start with the problem; choose the technology after.
Combine the paths.
Packet-level bonding can combine links for a single session through a compatible remote endpoint. Assess tunnel capacity, latency differences and overhead before sizing.
For a transfer that needs more than one link.Buy the right capacity.
Compare serviceability, committed capacity, access technology, support, contract terms and route diversity. A lower monthly fee is useful only if the service fits the work.
For a better balance of cost and service.Move less. Respond sooner.
Cloud acceleration, caching, content optimisation and well-placed endpoints can reduce avoidable transfers and latency for suitable workloads. They do not create physical access capacity.
For applications and content under your control.Protect the important work.
Shape background transfers and prioritise interactive traffic at the bottleneck. SD-WAN can select paths using loss, latency and jitter, subject to platform and policy.
For calls, meetings and critical applications.Plan for the link that fails.
Choose genuinely diverse paths and test the failure case. Provider names alone do not prove separate ducts, power, backhaul or mobile coverage.
For continuity that has been tested.02 / THE CONNECTION LAB
Build a mix.
See the trade-off.
Explore a simple download-capacity model. Change the link rates, choose a method and remove a connection. This is an educational calculation, not a speed test, availability check or quote.
User-selected illustrative allowance for tunnel and processing overhead. Actual loss of useful capacity must be measured.
MODELLED SHARED CAPACITY200 Mbps
MODELLED SINGLE-FLOW CEILING100 Mbps
Many connections. More room.
Per-flow balancing assigns each connection to one link. Multiple flows can use both links, but one flow remains limited to its assigned link.
Assumes independent usable links, sufficient demand, capable equipment and no other bottleneck. Single-flow numbers are simplified ceilings, not promised throughput. Excludes congestion, latency mismatch, loss, protocol behaviour, upload constraints and remote-server limits.
Turn this model into a measured plan →03 / FIND THE THING THAT MATTERS
Slow is a symptom.
Measure the cause.
A larger access circuit will not fix every slow application. Review the full path from device to destination before spending more.
Start with the diagnostic guide ↗- 01
Capacity & contention
Measure upload as well as download, at busy times and against the tasks that matter.
- 02
Loss, latency & jitter
Check stability and response time. A video meeting needs more than a headline Mbps number.
- 03
The local network
Compare wired and wireless, check router limits and understand the actual queue.
- 04
The application path
Review cloud region, remote servers, VPN endpoints and cacheable content.
04 / A PRACTICAL WAY FORWARD
Understand.
Design.
Prove it.
Review the estate
Locations, contract dates, access services, real traffic and business priorities.
Compare the options
Capacity, diversity, support, equipment, cloud costs and a clear total cost of ownership.
Pilot the change
Test representative workloads, failure conditions and the agreed success criteria.
05 / LET’S FIND THE BOTTLENECK
Need more?
Let’s make a plan.
Tell us about your sites, connections, applications and the moment things slow down. We can start with the right questions for a bandwidth review, provider comparison or optimisation discussion.
A site address or postcode and current download/upload rates help a review. Please do not send account passwords, router credentials or confidential contracts. An enquiry is not an order.
QUESTIONS / CLEAR ANSWERS
More clarity.
Better choices.
Will two 100 Mbps lines make one 200 Mbps download?
Per-flow load balancing normally assigns each flow to one line. Packet-level bonding can combine paths for one session through a compatible endpoint, but overhead and other bottlenecks reduce what you achieve. The planner illustrates the distinction.
Can cloud acceleration replace a faster connection?
It can help suitable workloads by reducing latency, repeated transfers or object sizes. It does not increase the physical access rate, and encrypted, already compressed or third-party traffic may limit available optimisations.
Will switching to a cheaper provider save money?
It may, but compare all costs and service terms: installation, equipment, committed capacity, support, data limits, cloud egress, contract overlap and exit charges. Availability and pricing require a location-specific check.
Does this planner test my internet connection?
No. It runs a simplified calculation locally in your browser. It does not measure your links, contact a carrier or configure network equipment.
Are you affiliated with the vendors in the guide?
The guide cites public technical references for educational context. Those references do not imply a reseller agreement, endorsement or commercial partnership.