kamikaZi
@shawcable.net
|  PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off'
So ever since PowerBoost was enabled I've been getting extremely fast speeds for what I'm paying for. I currently have Shaw Extreme-I and with SpeedBoost I can get download speeds of around 3MB/s which is pretty cool. Just here is the thing...I can download for hours at that speed. It's pretty awesome. Anyone else noticing this? |
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JunkieXL
join:2004-11-15
Canada! | How did you achieve this? Do tell. |
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anaonan
@shawcable.net | reply to kamikaZi
haven't had this happen  whats ur location? |
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b0b
@shawcable.net | reply to kamikaZi
Yes please do tell!, thats just wicked. |
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swintec
Premium
join:2003-12-19
Alfred, ME
 ·surpasshosting
 ·VoicePulse
 ·RoadRunner Cable
| reply to kamikaZi
When Comcast launched Powerboost last year, several users reported it wasnt turning off. It became dubbed as "Perma-Boost". Search around the forums and back news stories about it and you will see.
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kamikaZi
@shawcable.net
| reply to anaonan
I live in Saskatoon. I didn't do anything, it just is locked at around 30mbit, which is pretty funny. Of course not everything I download is that fast, since alot of servers cant even send it that fast, but for those who can it is pretty cool. Im betting this wont last long. |
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pkarlos_76
join:2004-08-24
Edmonton, AB
| reply to kamikaZi
said by kamikaZi :
So ever since PowerBoost was enabled I've been getting extremely fast speeds for what I'm paying for. I currently have Shaw Extreme-I and with SpeedBoost I can get download speeds of around 3MB/s which is pretty cool. Just here is the thing...I can download for hours at that speed. It's pretty awesome. Anyone else noticing this?
Shhhhh....don't tell Shaw, I'm quite enjoying a repititive speedboost as soon as the other one finishes. I enjoying watching my downloads drop from 1.1 MB/s to 500 KB/s then climb back upto 1.1 MB/s and stay there for a small period of time and then repeat the process on the same download.  Also enjoying 1.1 MB/s download on torrents |
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NinjaAction
join:2007-09-26
| reply to kamikaZi
Mine is like this too on the 10mbit plan. I can download from microsoft.com at 3.66MB/sec all day long. Funny part is I used to be complaining on this site about how slow my speeds were with shaw. Things have certainly turned around, for me at least. |
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JunkieXL
join:2004-11-15
Canada! | reply to kamikaZi
Still jealous. My torrents can reach as high as 2.4 MB/s and then back to 1.2 MB/s as usual. |
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JKPG
@telus.net | reply to kamikaZi
I have the opposite problem at my home...
I've never seen PowerBoost even on...  |
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Bandito
join:2003-01-23 | reply to kamikaZi
maybe we can get some more people to ask for a trial and see how it fairs? |
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ErikRP
join:2004-11-06
Winnipeg, MB
| said by Bandito  :maybe we can get some more people to ask for a trial and see how it fairs? Maybe it's just the weekend brain settling back, but who are you talking about asking for a trial? Powerboost is automatically enabled for Extreme-I customers. Everyone should have it without asking for it.
As for those who have it and it stays boosted - lucky! |
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trekkie604
@sfu.ca | reply to kamikaZi
Maybe you're on a very unpopulated node? Doesn't the duration of the 'boost' depend on the traffic of the node being shared amongst all your neighbors? |
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Bandito
join:2003-01-23
·Shaw
| reply to ErikRP
said by ErikRP :said by Bandito :maybe we can get some more people to ask for a trial and see how it fairs? Maybe it's just the weekend brain settling back, but who are you talking about asking for a trial? Powerboost is automatically enabled for Extreme-I customers. Everyone should have it without asking for it. As for those who have it and it stays boosted - lucky! Huh? I got an email not long ago about it and it costs extra, so I dunno where you get the idea that everyone has it. |
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ErikRP
join:2004-11-06
Winnipeg, MB
edit:
January 29th, @03:02PM
| said by Bandito :Huh? I got an email not long ago about it and it costs extra, so I dunno where you get the idea that everyone has it. "PowerBoost is included with Xtreme-I service and is available to Shaw High-Speed Internet customers for $2.95 per month."
»www.shaw.ca/en-ca/ProductsServic···erBoost/
I didn't say "everyone" had it. I said Xtreme-I users had it. The OP - and others - have stated they were on Extreme-I. |
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Bandito
join:2003-01-23
·Shaw
| said by ErikRP :I didn't say "everyone" had it. I said Xtreme-I users had it. The OP - and others - have stated they were on Extreme-I. Most of us are not on Extreme and your post wasnt't clear, especially when stating that "Everyone should have it without asking for it".  |
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ErikRP
join:2004-11-06
Winnipeg, MB
| said by Bandito :said by ErikRP :I didn't say "everyone" had it. I said Xtreme-I users had it. The OP - and others - have stated they were on Extreme-I. Most of us are not on Extreme and your post wasnt't clear, especially when stating that "Everyone should have it without asking for it". I'll admit I should have said "Xtreme-I customers should have it without asking for it" however I was responding to the OP's question who IS on Xtreme-I, likewise every registered user posting on this question IS ALSO on Xtreme-I. And given that no one else seemed to be confused suggests the confusion might be isolated to yourself.
But I will try to be more clear in the future.  |
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narcis
| Pretty clear to me since you mention everyone should have it and Extreme-I in the same paragraph which means your referencing each other. If you had 'everyone should have it' on a separate sentence, then I can see where the confusing lies. |
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Bandito
join:2003-01-23
·Shaw
| said by narcis :
Pretty clear to me since you mention everyone should have it and Extreme-I in the same paragraph which means your referencing each other. If you had 'everyone should have it' on a separate sentence, then I can see where the confusing lies.
Good for you narcis. Maybe if one day all the internet chat forums will become a formal place of communication where only lawyers and the like will post messages, we'll all think the same way in terms of sentence structure and meaning.  |
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