Patent ID: 8693457

Claim:
One or more non-transitory computer-readable media having embodied thereon computer-useable instructions that, when executed by one or more processors, perform a method for communicating data between a computing device and a network-based information system via one or more of a first WiMAX modem and a second WiMAX modem that is removable, wherein the second WiMAX modem is unavailable when removed, the method comprising: determining whether the second WiMAX modem is available; when the second WiMAX modem is available, then communicating a first portion of the data over a first channel via the first WiMAX modem and communicating a second portion of the data over a second channel via the second WiMAX modem, wherein the first WiMAX modem and the second WiMAX modem communicate with the network-based information system via at least one antenna; selectively bonding together the first channel and the second channel to increase bandwidth for communicating the data.