A communication system configured to transmit an information payload received at a communication device from a computing platform through a lockbox device that selectively connects and disconnects the communication device with a second communication device configured to electronically disseminate information, wherein the lockbox device includes a plurality of relays to provide a plurality of differential signal paths that are controllable to connect or disconnect signal paths between the communication device and the second communication device for enhancing the speed of the information payload to the second communication device, the communication device comprising: an upstream communication port configured to communicate information between the communication device and the computing platform; a plurality of downstream communication ports configured to communicate information through the lockbox device, wherein the downstream communication ports comprise a first downstream communication port, and a second downstream communication port, and wherein the first downstream communication port and the second downstream communication port each include multiple differential signal paths that enable communication of information through the lockbox device; and a processor, the processor being configured to determine a current connection status of the lockbox device, and responsive to a determination that the lockbox device is currently connecting the communication device with the second communication device, to transmit an information payload to the second communication device through the lockbox device, wherein the processor is further configured to concurrently make a plurality of separate, simultaneous transmissions of the information payload over a plurality of differential signal paths, the plurality of differential signal paths being included in one or both of the first downstream communication port and the second downstream communication port. an upstream communication port configured to communicate information between the communication device and the computing platform; a plurality of downstream communication ports configured to communicate information through the lockbox device, wherein the downstream communication ports comprise a first downstream communication port, and a second downstream communication port, and wherein the first downstream communication port and the second downstream communication port each include multiple differential signal paths that enable communication of information through the lockbox device; and a processor, the processor being configured to determine a current connection status of the lockbox device, and responsive to a determination that the lockbox device is currently connecting the communication device with the second communication device, to transmit an information payload to the second communication device through the lockbox device, wherein the processor is further configured to concurrently make a plurality of separate, simultaneous transmissions of the information payload over a plurality of differential signal paths, the plurality of differential signal paths being included in one or both of the first downstream communication port and the second downstream communication port.