said by ropeguru:said by ualdayan:Guys, guys, calm down. Powerboost is still there. It's the speedtest.comcast.net that's changed. (And it changed awhile back, not as part of these changes). It downloads/uploads for longer and that means a larger percentage of the test happens at non powerboosted speeds - therefore it reports a lower result. A phone/tablet maxing out a WiFi connection at optimal conditions can still result in a very high Mbps speedtest because they haven't changed the app on mobile devices to use the larger data payload that the website based ones do.
Cannot say that is true here. I do not get the initial burst at all even on the Comcast speedtest. As late as this weekend I was still seeing the high burst rates, 70+/10+, no matter what Comcast test I hit. Additionally, shaper probe is no longer showing the higher burst ratee that I was seeing before.
So they have screwed something up when rolling out the speed increases. At least here in this area.
Capacity estimation before:
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 20946 Kbps.
Downstream: 129069 Kbps.
Capacity estimation now:
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 7700 Kbps.
Downstream: 36244 Kbps.
I'm seeing the same thing here is Silicon Valley. Speeds have been all over the board since yesterday. Sometimes I get 17/3 sometimes I don't even get close to 12/2. PowerBoost seems to come and go. Estimated Capacity is only a small fraction of what it used to be any time I run ShaperProbe.
Here is my latest test. Note I got 17/3 last night:
Shaper Detection Module.
Connected to server 74.63.50.34.
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 1129 Kbps.
Downstream: 2248 Kbps.
The measurement will take upto 2.5 minutes. Please wait.
Checking for traffic shapers:
Upstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 1120 Kbps.
Downstream: No shaper detected.
Median received rate: 2202 Kbps.