Independent Speedify Review - Bonding ISP With 4G Cellular Using Ubuntu Linux GUI
Channel: Daniel Rosehill
Date: 2021-09-29

For the past month, I've been playing around with Speedify to see if it could improve my connection speeds and make my home internet connection more reliable. I've been testing the program out using the Ubuntu GUI and comparing it with the failover results I've been getting using a load balancing router that I picked up. 

What I've observed: Speedify handles failover events better and faster than my hardware-based setup. I've also noticed that the system allows me to use a stable connection during "rocky" internet days when my primary line isn't down (so the failover isn't happening) but it's very unstable. 

What I don't like about Speedify: I'd much rather use a solution like this on the router/network level than have to configure a client on every device, particularly because I may want to set up the connection settings and enforce them for all network users. 

At the time of recording this, Speedify supports Ubuntu and Raspberry Pi but won't run on top of OpenWRT or DD-WRT.

With some reservations, I think that Speedify is a good program. It takes a complicated technical process - true connection bonding - and makes it accessible at a consumer-friendly price point. 

On the downside: I'd have the same reservations about any VPN in terms of privacy and security. 

The FOSS equivalent is OpenMPTCProuter and is definitely worth a look.

By: Daniel Rosehill (danielrosehill.co.il)

== Contact Information ===

For latest contact information: 

https://www.youtube.com/c/DanielRosehillVideo/about

== Licensing / syndication / reproduction ==

Unless otherwise indicated, all videos I distribute through YouTube are licensed under the following Creative Commons license: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0). 

For the full license, see: https://bit.ly/ncnd4bycc.

== Production notes ==*

Camera:
Audio:
Stabilization:
Lighting:
Postproduction:
Other notes:

(I write these for myself to help keep track of what equipment I'm using as I try to make better YouTube videos!)