Can I use PacketBand on the public Internet and what are the issues?
PacketBand can be used on the public Internet, provided there is enough network capacity available (remember an ADSL link will have a slow direction which is the limiting capacity of the link and there may also be considerable contention). PacketBand has no control over packet loss across the link and packet loss means lost data. The unpredictable nature of the public Internet and lack of prioritisation and management can make stable, synchronous communications systems difficult to run. Having said that, Patapsco does have some good experience in running services across the Internet. Some actions can be taken to maximise the service and these include using the same ISP at each end of the circuit and using an ISP with QoS (Quality of Service) offerings. National links and links within a region such as Europe will perform better than long distance inter-continental/regional links.
