[ALL] PermaBoost in Cox HSI http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r18315891 en Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:34:21 EDT Wed, 02 Dec 2009 07:34:21 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18333154 Irish Shark : Use this and you can see how the PowerBoost shuts down after 20 seconds or so »ftp://ftp1.optonline.net/test512

It starts for me and I get 2.5MB/s. Then it cuts out and I get 1.1 MB/s.
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"You can observe a lot by watching". Yogi Berra]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18333154 Mon, 14 May 2007 15:42:20 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18332346 anon : m8trix
Can you post some speed test results show a "permaboost"? Curious to see if it acutally stay constant, as opposed to bursting at first then leveling off.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18332346 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:29:17 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18332326 acid343211 : People in GA dont get this,]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18332326 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:26:02 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18326183 Gamer : Correlation != Causation.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18326183 Sun, 13 May 2007 05:37:36 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18325321 dvd536 :
said by needforspeed59 See Profile :

Someone just made up the term permaboost in a sarcastic jest. There is no such animal.

(edit) I found this link on the cox support site. It gives a detailed explanation on power boost works.
»support.cox.com/sdccommon/asp/co···4e7e33fe
Well whatever you call it, its staying on all the time for some people.
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(edit) I found this link on the cox support site. It gives a detailed explanation on power boost works.
»support.cox.com/sdccommon/asp/co···4e7e33fe
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Sheesh :(]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18321619 Sat, 12 May 2007 01:49:08 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18321316 maxpower :
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The service is designed to please users who occasionally grab large files and is less useful for p2p users eager for sustained throughput.


I know this is OT but I have seen Powerboost work awesome when downloading torrents that are well seeded, such as Linux isos. The client is constantly creating new connections, and that triggers the powerboost. ]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18321316 Sat, 12 May 2007 00:07:37 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18321094 dvd536 :
said by krod See Profile :

anyone care to explain the technical side in laymans terms?

like the cable modems are uncapped and control is on the CMTS side or w/e and we can look forward to powerdeboostes for uses of torrents and anything else cox wishes to repress?
The modem should be uncapped for few secs to few minutes then obey their maxbps= settings in their config files. some modems are staying uncapped all the time. the same thing happened with comcast when they enabled powerboost.
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like the cable modems are uncapped and control is on the CMTS side or w/e and we can look forward to powerdeboostes for uses of torrents and anything else cox wishes to repress?]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18320777 Fri, 11 May 2007 22:09:46 EDT Re: [ALL] PermaBoost http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,18318894 Irish Shark :
said by Cox :
Powerboost delivers an additional chunk of bandwidth during the first quarter or half of a significant download -- provided network capacity is available -- after which the speed is throttled back to your regular capped speed. The service is designed to please users who occasionally grab large files and is less useful for p2p users eager for sustained throughput.

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said by m8trix See Profile :

ya i have perma boost as well as several of my friends do and i think this is the main reason of the massive slowdowns during peak hours ,where as before you only had a slight slow down during peak hours
If that's the case then its a gigantic malfunction, its supposed to only "boost" if the bandwidth is there. If its not, you're not supposed to see any boost.
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