said by Pizz :

Powerboost is for Residential Lines only - It will not be applied to the business class connections. this is directly from a business class rep here in New York City.

but to add further into this 'Powerboost' fiasco - I really dont care, how they improve their network. If Powerboost does it, im all for it. But i seriously doubt this will be it, in terms of what we'll be seeing.

A 'friend' told me - Heavy FIOS Competition markets, will be the first to see Docsis 3.0 based gear. As the CMTSes have been ordered and just await for vendors to distribute them, goes for the modem vendors as well.

I wonder if this is true or not, i'm hoping others can chime on that?

said by netgear :

Because, by far the majority of people do not need continuous 25 Mbps download speeds. That is the bottom line.

A "Powerboost" product allows VOD efficiency as well as the occasional large file download.

Rightly so, a "Powerboost" product does not benefit leeches, freeloaders & cheapskates. Those customers, in the eyes of a growing number of ISPs, are reducing broadband performance for the masses.

Simple stuff.

said by Mele20 :

Plus, how dare TW cripple the software I paid good money for (MySpeed Advanced)? Visualware has said this is cunning ploy on TW's part to deny us the right to test our speed and get speed problems fixed.

said by Rombus :

:Eyeroll:

ITs not some "FAKE" Increase, the data is getting to your computer faster.

All a company needs to do is make a speedtest that averages over 1 or 2 min and you will get a proper result!

You know what, i give up. I do. This thread, in its singularity, is the perfect example of what is wrong with DSLReports. You guys wont be happy unless you have a fiber connection into your home, free of charge, with unlimited bandwidth and no cap. Guess what, your precious speedtests would not work then either, since it would be too fast for most web based tests. Would it matter to you all though? Of course not, since you have the bragging rights of a free fiber connection to your home.

Time Warner Cable could include a crisp $20 in the monthly bill every month and someone on DSLR would:
Complain it was not enough and they should get more
Complain it was too much and they should get less
Complain that they should just take the $20 off the bill
Complain that they should get more since they have X service.

said by Rombus :

I don't understand this forum sometimes...

Time Warner is giving you a FREE (read: YOU AREN'T PAYING EXTRA FOR IT) temporary speed boost. Yet you all whine?

It helps small files and streaming content, you know, like your normal day to day surfing. Streaming Content will start quicker, since the powerboost will fill the buffer faster.

Will it not help large downloads? Of course not, that's why you have the turbo service.

Will it break speed tests? Of course, since speed tests themselves are inherently flawed. It does not average your speed over a larger amount of time, they usually are only a 5-30 second snapshot of your speed. I mean, short of verifying your provisioned right, and as an indicator of speed issues, what else do speedtests do? make your epeen feel bigger?

This will make your day to day browsing faster for free, and yet you guys just sit there and bitch about it.

said by Steve Mehs :

If you're unhappy with Time Warner and PowerBoost, check out dial up. You can do more accurate speedtest and we can finally quit hearing Mele cry about the stupidist things.

said by Xizer :

When Time Warner puts in those new caps I think we're all going to have to be checking out dial-up...