@Ixel
I was looking into setting up a round robin dual wan and tons of 3rd party routers with appropriate software support it. OpenWRT / DD-WRT both support it. Any basic linux machine could support it. I remember you had an asus router, so why not just throw one of those on it?
if you are having multiple people connect to you, then the round robin fashion of load balancing really isn't an issue. Sure if you are only using a single socket connect (like loading a single website or downloading a single file) then you won't notice a speed increase, but if you download multiple files or use some kind of download manager, it'd aggregate the speed perfectly. No expensive solutions necessary.
i'll throw these links out if you want to have a gander.
http://wiki.openwrt.org/doc/uci/multiwan
http://www.dd-wrt.com/wiki/index.php/Dual,_Triple_(and_probably_quad)_WAN_with_multiple_active_WAN_links_and_source_routing
A great idea but unfortunately I want aggregate upload specifically as I run a home server, load balancing won't help with that
. Thanks for the idea though.
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That should be possible and if you have an Openreach technician on the day, I would be surprised if it was refused.
Just wondering . . . Is it an aerial or underground service feed at your new property? If aerial, I would suspect that the job could be done by diverting the service feed as it wends its way to the ground floor. 
I see. It's an overhead drop wire.
The Engineer should put the Socket where you want it.
I had the new socket moved upstairs to the Bedroom I use as my Study with no problems.
The Engineer was a BT OR man and not from one of the contractors. 
You may need the Tea/Biscuits if you draw a short straw, if you know what I mean 
Black Sheep will be able to say what the official line is for this.
What you get will probably depend on what the ISP is paying OR for, at the end of the day !!
I see, that sounds promising then (subject to whether I get an actual BT engineer or a subcontractor
- I hope it's an actual BT engineer for a new line installation). I'm used to the coffee/tea and biscuits routine
, have done it many times before
. While I don't know what Zen exactly paid to Openreach, all I know is they've requested the following:
- Managed FTTC install instead of a self install
- New line installation so there's a second line (as the current one is apparently 'active' without a scheduled stop date and isn't on BT's equipment), usually costing £130 I think they said, instead they charged me something like £70 I think it was (without checking the invoice for the exact amount)
- Simultaneous provide of both phone and FTTC
