Bonding wifi and ethernet

There's a Windows software program that can aggregate any kind of internet connection called Connectify Dispatch. I am very interested to be able to bond my internet connections between wifi/iPhone USB and Ethernet on my MacBook Pro (if at all possible)
Why? The ethernet connection is sometimes really good and other times really bad, the same goes for the iPhone. Combining them will hopefully bring the best of both worlds.
I know the LACP protocol is a problem, but if I can tunnel/mask/virtualize/pseudo the iPhone connection as another Ethernet, would it work?

Oh ok. I'm sorry that I couldn't help you! My final reccomondation is that if you wanted to by a wifi hotspot. Here are some reccomendations: http://www.verizonwireless.com/b2c/store/controller?item=phoneFirst&action=viewP honeOverviewByDevice&&deviceCategoryId=13
Good Luck!
Hope this helps!

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