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[HSI] Is Charter testing faster speeds?

Its POWERBOOST, since speedtest only last for a short duration, the test is in that stage when you run it.

i'm on the 30/4. I get 66mbps.

So, don't get excited, its not an upgrade! LOL

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I was hoping. I ran it again and got 108 down so you're probably right. I was under the impression that the ultra100 didn't use powerboost though.

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Not to mention those flash based speed tests are about as inaccurate as heck!!

:::.. Internet Speed Test Results ..:::
Download Connection Speed:: 32727 Kbps or 32.7 Mbps
Download Speed Test Size:: 25 MB or 25600 kB or 26214400 bytes
Download Binary File Transfer Speed:: 4091 kB/s or 4.1 MB/s
Upload Connection Speed:: 3535 Kbps or 3.5 Mbps
Upload Speed Test Size:: 1.8 MB or 1792 kB or 1835008 bytes
Upload Binary File Transfer Speed:: 442 kB/s
Tested At:: »TestMy.net Version 13
Test Time:: 2012-11-09 07:06:00 Local Time
Validation:: »testmy.net/db/MehYRIW.xSZvyMG
More Stats:: »testmy.net/compID/688974046967
User Agent:: Opera/9.80 (Windows NT 6.1) Presto/2.12.388 Version/12.10 [!]

»testmy.net/

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Thank you. I just ran a test at testmy.net and received the results below.

None of those short tests are any good.

The only consistent result I get is by starting several large downloads simultaneously then adding the speeds or monitoring it in my firewall/router.

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I thought PowerBoost went away for residential?

Is it making a come back now?
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Highly doubt it. Something may be in the works.

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Its not powerboost. The ultra service tier does not use it. If you don't believe me. Ask Charter and they will tell you the same. Only the other tiers use it. I still would like to see better upload speeds instead and bonding for the upload.

charte was supposed to add a 300 mbit tier to compete with comcast and fios....

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At a general level, unless they push a new config file to the modem the modem only does whatever the config file allows or the pipe can feed, whichever is lower.

So, if you're consistently faster than before and haven't subscribed to a faster tier, most likely I think is perhaps some capacity has been added to your area/congestion relieved.

Not to mention the speed tests on speedtest.net are greatly affected by what site you are choosing. For instance, running multiple speedtests from all the locations in my state and the next nearest big city you get huge variations. A couple sites will never go above 40mb, one will give me the same results as speedtest.charter.com and the rest will be between 40 and whatever I'm getting at speedtest.charter.com at that time.

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I don't know about charter, but the DOCSIS 3.1 spec is showing a new modulation called 4096QAM which will enable cable providers to deliver higher speeds using existing plant. Who said coax was dead...

»www.multichannel.com/cable-opera···s/139883

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