SuperNet33
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Re: [News] PowerBoost
I don't get it! How do they know if it is 1 file, does this happen all the time? |
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| It must be triggered by some kind of threshold level of network activity. Obviously, casual web browsing shouldn't be able to cause this, so I'd set it above 2 megabits or something.
I assume that the actual caps for the modem will reflect the absolute maximum speeds, while the policy that enables this will be some kind of QOS extension at the headend.
It's really intriguing, actually. And it makes sense, similar to Speedstep/other clock gating technologies for CPUs, but for broadband speeds. This could potentially be really neat.
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Prent
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HTTP headers contain file size I think. This probably only applies to downloading files via HTTP, not other protocols like bit torrent, but I don't know for sure. |
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| said by Prent :
HTTP headers contain file size I think. This probably only applies to downloading files via HTTP
That would make it pretty pointless, really.
Casual web browsing really only creates a minimal amount of traffic. Rarely, if ever, do I even get near to breaking 3 megabits a second doing casual web browsing. Only when I DL something huge, (linux distro, FTP transfer, STEAM update, game demo, BitTorrent, e.t.c.), do I actually hit the cap. Comcast knows that well enough.
Plus, the news mentioned movies and stuff, which really isn't usually transfered http. (the majority of "movies", if you know what I'm talking about   )
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