Just a con job in http://www.dslreports.com/forum/r21414388 en Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:45:45 EDT Mon, 30 Nov 2009 10:45:45 EDT Re: Just a con job http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21416055 ccneteng : Powerboost is volume based, not time based. The boost window is designed around 99%+ of user downloads. Since 99%+ of all downloads are inside the PowerBoost window it provides a noticeable speed increase for the vast majority of users' experience.

There is also no reason why the boost window won't increase over time. I think there is a long history of speed increases which prove this.

The reality is, you cannot please all of the people, all of the time. But 99%+ is pretty good ;-)]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21416055 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 11:20:04 EDT Re: Just a con job http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21415299 dnoyeB : And we have a winner!

"PowerBoost" ensures speed tests are well and consistently inflated. It should help web apps and browser plugin downloading too though.

For proper 'downloading' I don't think its very useful.
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21415299 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 08:43:41 EDT Re: Just a con job http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21414591 dadkins :
said by BF69 See Profile :

I lvoe how people on powerboost post speedtest results like that actually get those speeds 24/7. In fact whose to say if you're on say 16 mbps you're not getting 8 Mbps most of the time? Since the speedtest results will always be inflated. I hope Charter never stoops to using this crap. If I'm paying for 10 Mbps I like to know I'm actually get 10 Mbps and not 5 Mbps.
PowerBoost does have it's use - kills off the first 40MB of a download pretty quick - I like it!

As for sustained, I'm on the 16/2 Blast from Comcast... this is what I get - sustained.

Does ok. ;)
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]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21414591 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 01:18:10 EDT Just a con job http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21414388 BF69 : I lvoe how people on powerboost post speedtest results like that actually get those speeds 24/7. In fact whose to say if you're on say 16 mbps you're not getting 8 Mbps most of the time? Since the speedtest results will always be inflated. I hope Charter never stoops to using this crap. If I'm paying for 10 Mbps I like to know I'm actually get 10 Mbps and not 5 Mbps.]]> http://www.dslreports.com/forum/remark,21414388 Wed, 12 Nov 2008 00:12:31 EDT