Hybrid Access for Rural ISPs, Delivered in Software
In the areas regional and rural ISPs serve, a single line is often marginal: fixed wireless drops when the weather turns or a tree fills in, DSL slows at peak hours, and cellular moves with the neighbours. Rural access gaps are the norm rather than the exception, and hybrid access combines those lines; Speedify does it in software rather than in new CPE. Some wireless ISPs add Starlink to reach customers their towers can’t.
Speedify gives regional and rural ISPs a way to deliver reliability that a single connection cannot. Speedify combines Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellite into one connection, so an ISP can pair its primary line with a 4G/5G cellular failover path and keep customers online when any one connection degrades. That takes at least two connections at the customer; on a single connection Speedify works as an encrypted VPN and cannot stop that connection from dropping.
With Speedify, your internet stays on when one connection fails.
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How Speedify combines internet connections on any hardware
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Speedify offers three commercial paths. They work together, and most enterprise customers use two or more.
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Speedify Teams
Speedify on every supported OS for every team member
Centralized dashboard for billing, user provisioning, and usage analytics
CSV import/export and a RESTful management API
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Speedify for Routers
License for supported OpenWrt routers
Powered by Speedify hardware lineup ready to deploy out of the box
Miri, GL.iNet and other partner models
Covers every device on the network, with no per-device install
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Embed Speedify into your product
A · DIY
Build it yourself with the Speedify SDK.
Integrate Speedify into your iOS, Android, Windows, macOS, Linux or QNX product. Full developer documentation, sample code and supported integration paths. Your team owns the build, and the Speedify SDK handles combining the internet connections.
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Have the Speedify team build it for you.
How Speedify Works for Regional and Rural ISPs
Speedify is software for combining internet connections, not another box to truck-roll and maintain. Speedify’s technology for combining internet connections splits traffic across every available connection at the packet level, uses up to 95% of their combined capacity (Speedify’s published figure), then reassembles it at a Speed Server. If one connection drops, traffic moves to the others in milliseconds, according to Speedify, with no dropped session. Every connection is encrypted with DTLS 1.2 and AES-256-GCM or ChaCha20-Poly1305; Speedify keeps no record of the sites customers visit, though it does record connection metadata.
For an ISP, that turns two marginal links into one dependable service: a fixed wireless or DSL line combined with a cellular path, or a primary line with Starlink as the second connection. Speedify’s guidance on which connections to combine covers how to combine fixed wireless, cable, DSL, and cellular for genuine redundancy.
How ISPs Deploy Speedify for Customers
Speedify fits a regional ISP in a few ways, depending on how much the ISP wants to manage.
- Powered by Speedify routers. A Speedify Router running OpenWrt or GL.iNet firmware becomes the customer’s CPE, combining the ISP line with a 4G/5G cellular connection for the whole household. See Speedify as a hybrid access gateway for ISPs.
- Embedded SDK. Speedify’s technology for combining connections can be embedded into an ISP’s own CPE or app, providing a standard hybrid access gateway function and a 4G/5G cellular failover path for fixed-line customers. See Speedify’s hybrid access broadband solution.
- Connectivity-enhancing service. Speedify can be offered as a monetizable add-on that lowers operational cost while raising the value of the service. See Speedify’s connectivity-enhancing services and carrier network bonding overviews.
Which ISPs Need Speedify
Speedify is built for the providers whose customers live at the edge of good coverage.
- Wireless ISPs (WISPs) delivering fixed wireless that varies with terrain, weather, and foliage.
- Rural DSL and cable operators whose last-mile lines slow under peak load and need a 4G/5G cellular failover path.
- Regional providers reselling satellite or 5G who want to combine those links with a wired line for steadier performance.
- Cooperatives and municipal networks that need to keep customers online through outages without rolling a truck for every complaint.
In each case, Speedify adds a second connection to a single fragile one and combines them, so the service stays up, which means fewer support calls and a service customers want to keep.
Speedify Is Used on Millions of Devices Worldwide
Speedify has made internet connections faster and more reliable for businesses and individuals since 2014.
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5-star reviews for Speedify on iOS and Android82
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Regional and Rural ISP Internet: FAQ
How does Speedify help a rural ISP keep customers online?
Speedify combines the ISP’s primary line with a second connection such as cellular or Starlink, so when one connection degrades, the customer stays online on the others with no dropped session.
Does the ISP need to install hardware at every customer?
Not necessarily. Speedify can run on a Powered by Speedify router as CPE, or be embedded into the ISP’s own equipment or app through the SDK.
What connections can Speedify combine for an ISP?
Speedify combines Wi-Fi, 4G/5G cellular, Ethernet, Starlink and other satellite. The best redundancy comes from mixing different connection types from different providers.
Is customer traffic secure?
Yes. Speedify encrypts all traffic with DTLS 1.2 and AES-256-GCM or ChaCha20-Poly1305. Speedify keeps no record of the sites customers visit, though it does record connection metadata such as IP address and data used.
Speedify Business Solutions
Speedify Teams
Speedify for Routers
Speedify Embedded Solutions and Integrations
Add Speedify to your own app or hardware with the Speedify SDK. Your product then combines internet connections, fails over automatically when one drops, and encrypts the traffic, using the same technology as the Speedify app.