Comment Parallel Broadband (Score 1) 250
Conceivably, how difficult would it be to share pipelines.
For example, if I have DSL, and there are 3 other users with dial-up access plus one cable modem, it would be possible to create a piece of software to work as a "virutal router" which could split the bandwidth across these various devices. You could even throttle the bandwidth based on need. Two DS1's run at the same speed, however, they have much more bandwidth running in parallel than a single DS1.
On top of this idea, why not create a P2P NOS? Wherein access control is relegated to the various servers online using a smaller version of Directory Services (which, oddly enough, is provided as part of Win2K). Novell Netware does something of this sort with NDS, however the servers must be dedicated, but if you trim-down the server software (and considering today's technology) there's no reason you couldn't embed the server software in the clients.
It is also conceivable that this NOS could be modified to run on the internet as a whole and act as a go-between for these various networks..
Just a thought..
For example, if I have DSL, and there are 3 other users with dial-up access plus one cable modem, it would be possible to create a piece of software to work as a "virutal router" which could split the bandwidth across these various devices. You could even throttle the bandwidth based on need. Two DS1's run at the same speed, however, they have much more bandwidth running in parallel than a single DS1.
On top of this idea, why not create a P2P NOS? Wherein access control is relegated to the various servers online using a smaller version of Directory Services (which, oddly enough, is provided as part of Win2K). Novell Netware does something of this sort with NDS, however the servers must be dedicated, but if you trim-down the server software (and considering today's technology) there's no reason you couldn't embed the server software in the clients.
It is also conceivable that this NOS could be modified to run on the internet as a whole and act as a go-between for these various networks..
Just a thought..
