kamikaZi
@shawcable.net
|  PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off'
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JunkieXL
join:2004-11-15
Canada! | Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' How did you achieve this? Do tell. | |
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anaonan
@shawcable.net | haven't had this happen  whats ur location? | |
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kamikaZi
@shawcable.net
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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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b0b
@shawcable.net | Yes please do tell!, thats just wicked. | |
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pkarlos_76
join:2004-08-24
Edmonton, AB
| 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
Calgary, AB
| 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! | 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 | I have the opposite problem at my home...
I've never seen PowerBoost even on...  | |
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Bandito
join:2003-01-23 | 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
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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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| | Bandito
join:2003-01-23
 ·Shaw
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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
2 edits | Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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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join:2003-01-23
·Shaw
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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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join:2003-01-23
·Shaw
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' 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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trekkie604
@sfu.ca | 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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Extreme abuser
@shawcable.net
1 edit | I experience max torrent d/l speeds of 1.2 - 2.2 Mbps.
It cycles up to 2.2 every ~5 minutes for a duration of ~45 seconds. Let's hope this continues. | |
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testnameqwert
@shawcable.net | So it was asked on 1st page but no one answered, hows it done? | |
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| ErikRP
join:2004-11-06
Winnipeg, MB | Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' I believe kamikaZi answered that they didn't do anything - it just happened.
I don't know if it's possible to hack in any way to keep the boost going for longer or unlimited periods of time. | |
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Manatrite
Shattered Reflection
join:2003-03-02
Canada | don't tell shaw.
their configuration must have been effed up. | |
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kamikaZi
@shawcable.net
| I am stilling getting pretty good speeds over here, jumping from 1.2MB/S - 2.5MB/s on torrents. Also there is no way in hell that the monthly cap is even enforced. Any news on this? All I will say is that I have been way over every month for a year now. | |
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JunkieXL
join:2004-11-15
Canada!
| Re: PowerBoost Not 'Turning Off' It depends on where you are. In my old apartment they used to strictly enforce them. I always used to carefully monitor my usage ever since Xtreme-I was introduced. This one month I was warned for going 490 MB over the 100 GB cap. In my new house I've never even received an automated e-mail, and I'm pretty positive I've pulled ~200 GB for consecutive months. | |
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| ErikRP
join:2004-11-06
Winnipeg, MB
| said by kamikaZi :
I am stilling getting pretty good speeds over here, jumping from 1.2MB/S - 2.5MB/s on torrents. Also there is no way in hell that the monthly cap is even enforced. Any news on this? All I will say is that I have been way over every month for a year now.
And you feel the need to publicize this... why?
Seriously - there are noted issues with Shaw's caps and I'd rather not publicize them lest someone decide to do something about fixing the "problem". Sit back, keep my mouth shut and enjoy - that's my motto! | |
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