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Crowdsourced Network Planning For Connection-Bridging Startup

Posted by timothy on from the no-but-really-where-are-you dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Tom's Hardware reports on the Connectify Switchboard software that "divides the user's traffic between Wi-Fi, 3G/4G and Ethernet-based connections on a packet-by-packet basis. Even a single stream — such as a Netflix movie — can be split between two or three Internet connections for a higher resolution and faster buffering." As part of its Kickstarter campaign, Connectify is geolocating their backers to optimize deployment of their servers. This is a clever way for supporters to influence the project beyond pledge levels and stretch goals, and it's actually kind of fun to watch."

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  1. Oh boy, sign me up!!! by fuzzyfuzzyfungus · · Score: 5, Insightful

    I, for one, am 100% gung-ho about having a 3rd-party in the 'cloud' handling every single one of my packets so that they can balance them between my connections!

    The proprietary client adding complexity to my machine's network stack is a bonus, of course.

  2. Re:Alex from Connectify by agizis · · Score: 4, Informative

    Thanks for asking, No, we do not guarantee privacy. We do our best to ensure your privacy, and keep as little information as possible, but we a) are focused on speed, not security and b) must comply with court orders. We work with VPNs, if you have a VPN you trust. dial them after firing up the Switchboard. They encrypt your traffic, then we spread it across connections, on the server side, we put it back together, and then hand it to the VPN server. It all works nicely, you can have speed and security.