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AnnaS8

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Another thing to consider is...

I think they came up with powerboost in a way for them to make it look like they are trying to squeeze a little more speed out until DOCSIS 3.0 to comes out. They were hoping it would give a placebo effect to keep people from leaving and going to FIOS or other competition. Giving folks the perception that they got a speed increase.

I also agree that there is something to the notion that this was put into place to blur the lines of speed tests so they aren't getting nagged by folks who aren't getting the speeds they are supposed to. I have seen a decline in those posts over on the Comcast help forums since powerboost came out.

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Re: Another thing to consider is...

said by AnnaS8 See Profile :

I think they came up with powerboost in a way for them to make it look like they are trying to squeeze a little more speed out until DOCSIS 3.0 to comes out. They were hoping it would give a placebo effect to keep people from leaving and going to FIOS or other competition. Giving folks the perception that they got a speed increase.
I have no doubt. Just look at Comcast Rick talk about it as if Powerboost and bandwidth were the same thing.
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Re: Another thing to consider is...

"I have no doubt. Just look at Comcast Rick talk about it as if Powerboost and bandwidth were the same thing."



I agree that its a smoke and mirrors thing!

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