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I have unlimited mobile data on LTE. I tethered my phone's connection to my laptop which was already running my home WiFi. I expected this would sort of create a bridged connection and I'd get an increased speed on my laptop. However, this did not happen. Could anyone explain why? Or could anyone explain what should I do if I want to use my WiFi and mobile data in parallel?
What speed, specifically, do you want to increase? Your general browsing speed? A single download's speed? – Daniel B – 2017-06-17T11:46:36.607
You need a load balancer to speed up your connection. Either a software one or a hardware solution. There are several programs available such as Connectify Dispatch Hotspot, Speedify etc. JUST Bridging your networks wont increase the speed – Genesis_GDK – 2017-06-17T09:19:49.013
@DanielB I was under the impression that the browsing speed and the download speed are one and the same (since a web page is technically downloaded on your device)? – a3y3 – 2017-06-18T07:51:27.923
A regular download uses a single HTTP connection. Opening a web page uses many HTTP connections and many more requests. These connections could easily be distributed to multiple Internet uplinks. However, with a fast enough uplink, the subjective speed is mostly the result of latency. Because of the end-to-end principle, the single-connection download cannot be accelerated easily. – Daniel B – 2017-06-18T08:22:56.317