BF69
join:2004-07-28
Camden, TN
| Just a con job
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. |
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dadkins
Can you do Blu?
Premium,MVM
join:2003-09-26
Hercules, CA
 ·Comcast
| said by 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. 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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dnoyeB
Ferrous Phallus
join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI
| reply to BF69
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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dnoyeB
"Then said I, Wisdom [is] better than strength: nevertheless the poor man's wisdom [is] despised, and his words are not heard. " Ecclesiastes 9:16
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ccneteng
Comcast Employee
Premium
join:2008-02-06
Philadelphia, PA
1 edit | 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 |
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