Last mile high availability broadband (method for sending network content over a last-mile broadband connection)

A method for providing network content to a customer premise equipment, comprising:

• receiving a first data stream relating to the network content over a first link;
• forming from the first data stream a second data stream connected to a first network edge router at a first central office and a third data stream connected to a second network edge router at a second central office;
• sending the second data stream over a second link from the first network edge router to a first terminating device and the third data stream over a third link from the second network edge router to a second terminating device, the first terminating device and the second terminating device being connected to the customer premise equipment;
• and
• aggregating the second data stream and the third data stream at the customer premise equipment, wherein aggregating comprises pulling packets containing portions of the network content from the second data stream and from the third data stream, discarding duplicate packets pulled from the second data stream and the third data stream;
• and, after discarding duplicate packets, assembling remaining packets according to a protocol sequence number.

An apparatus for use in providing a network content over a communications network, comprising:

• a processor adapted to be coupled to a first link and a second link connected to a customer premise equipment via a first network edge router and a second network edge router, wherein the processor transmits a first portion of the network content over the first link and a second portion of the network content over the second link;
• an emulator that separates the network content into the first and second portions of the network content;
• and
• a device that aggregates the first and second portions of the network content, discards duplicative portions of the first and second portions, and after discarding the duplicative portions, assembles remaining portions according to a protocol sequence number to generate a resultant stream substantially the same as the network content.