  skeechanAi OtsukaholicPremium
join:2012-01-26
AA169|170
kudos:2
 ·Cox HSI
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| Cox is doing the same thing There is little need for PB with 50-150Mb tiers. But I appreciated it when speeds were below 25Mb. Most of my file grabs were things like updates which were typically less than 100MB and it was convenient to grab things just that much quicker. It also helped with media intensive pages or video buffering. | |
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| | I've Still Got Powerboost, Plus... Just ran shaperprobe. It looks like I still have Powerboost
Estimating capacity:
Upstream: 5816 Kbps.
Downstream: 33034 Kbps.
But they've apparently boosted my bandwidth, too:
Upstream: Burst size: 5196-5299 KB; Shaping rate: 3024 Kbps.
Downstream: Burst size: 9183-9764 KB; Shaping rate: 17024 Kbps.
Was originally 6/1, then it was 12/2. Now it's 17/3.
Come to think of it: The Powerboost numbers are higher than last time I checked, too. Used to be around 25-27 down, IIRC, and no more than 5 up.
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 | RR ConductorNWP RR Inc.,serving NW CAPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Re: I've Still Got Powerboost, Plus... It's definitely still working here in Mendocino County in Northwestern California-
We're on the Blast! Tier, 25/4.
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| | | RR ConductorNWP RR Inc.,serving NW CAPremium
join:2002-04-02
Redwood Valley, CA
kudos:1 | Re: I've Still Got Powerboost, Plus... That's good, we pay $74.95 a month for Blast!. It would be $64.95 a month, but they ding us 10 a month for not having their cable tv, we have Directv for that. When it was Adelphia here, they charged us the same price regardless of whether we had their cable tv or not.
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| | Economy Wonder if Comcast will also increase the speed of their economy tiers. Those never had PowerBoost.
Also wonder if other MSOs will follow suit (TWC we're looking at you) | |
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 tshirtPremium,MVM
join:2004-07-11
Snohomish, WA
kudos:3
·Comcast
| It did it's job... PB is still working here.
I have to agree it met a need when speeds were low, but becomes less desirable/necessary with current and upcoming higher speeds (and messes up some QoS functions in streaming)
I wouldn't expect much increase the lifeline (free lunch) speeds and little if any on the economy tier, the idea isn't to make those a base/standard/starter tier, just to provide really basic service on a temporary basis for subs who can't afford anything else. | |
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 pclover
join:2008-08-02
Santa Cruz, CA | Wont upgrade my area. I have had NO speed increases or no options for faster speed since 2008.
Comcast cares basically said they don't want to spend the money in my area to upgrade the system. | |
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| | | Re: Wont upgrade my area. TRy to Get Google Fiber, or some other Competitor for ComCast, and all of a sudden the situation will change | |
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 RWSI
join:2012-11-27
Albuquerque, NM
·Roadrunner Wirel..
| Now everyone online Now that everyone is online watching movies or playing games lets see how slow the Cable based Internet really is.
Cable has a limit on how many can do things at one time...
We will be waiting for the loss of TV channels to add more broadband.
It will cost you the consumer more in the long run! | |
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| brad
join:2007-09-06
Etobicoke, ON | Re: Now everyone online said by RWSI:We will be waiting for the loss of TV channels to add more broadband.
They should be using SDV by now anyway. Removing channels won't gain anything. | |
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| Zoder
join:2002-04-16
Miami, FL | Re: a DOCSIS2 vision fulfilled I remember reading in PC Computing back in 1995 that within a couple of years we would have cable modems providing 30 mbps. | |
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 MoracCat god
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1
·Comcast
| Powerboost I'm pretty sure PB only applies now to lower speed tiers. I'm on Blast (50/10) and don't have it. When I was on the lower speed tier (16/2 at the time) I did have it.
As speeds increase, at some point PB (20% increase for 10 seconds) becomes irrelevant (not to mention impossible for the highest tier).
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|  Chris 313Come get somePremium
join:2004-07-18
Houma, LA
·Comcast
 ·AT&T U-Verse
 ·Comcast Digital ..
| Re: Powerboost said by Morac:I'm pretty sure PB only applies now to lower speed tiers. I'm on Blast (50/10) and don't have it. When I was on the lower speed tier (16/2 at the time) I did have it.
As speeds increase, at some point PB (20% increase for 10 seconds) becomes irrelevant (not to mention impossible for the highest tier).
I would've been interested to see PB reflect the next tier up/fastest tier available. Have 16/2 on a D3 system and pulling down 105 for the short time would've been cool.
For those that have it, like me, I wonder how long PB will remain? Until I get the 50/15 upgrade? | |
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·Comcast
| Re: Powerboost Please, please Comcast take my powerboost, just give me a speed increase.
Please realize that non-northeast users are paying customers too.
Although there's no FIOS here, we do have other options. I have U-verse and WOW to choose from. They may not have the higher speeds either, but I would get a new customer discount. | |
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|  GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:5
 ·Dish Network
| said by Morac:I'm pretty sure PB only applies now to lower speed tiers. I'm on Blast (50/10) and don't have it. When I was on the lower speed tier (16/2 at the time) I did have it.
As speeds increase, at some point PB (20% increase for 10 seconds) becomes irrelevant (not to mention impossible for the highest tier).
I've always had PB on the Blast tier. Still do on the download as of a few hours ago.
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| | MoracCat god
join:2001-08-30
Riverside, NJ
kudos:1 Reviews:
·Comcast
| Re: Powerboost said by Goober:I've always had PB on the Blast tier. Still do on the download as of a few hours ago.
But is your Blast tier 50/10 or the lower 25/4? I had PB on Blast until it changed to 50/10.
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| | | GooberPremium
join:2000-12-17
Naperville, IL
kudos:5 | Re: Powerboost I've had 50/10(15) for the last few years. | |
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|  dnoyeBFerrous Phallus
join:2000-10-09
Southfield, MI | You don't get powerboost with the economy tiers. I think it starts at the performance tier. | |
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 pflogBueller? Bueller?Premium,MVM
join:2001-09-01
El Dorado Hills, CA
kudos:3 |  Noticed this on business class
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| | Anyone checked Portland OR, yet? I'll give it a looksee myself when I get home. | |
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| | | Re: Anyone checked Portland OR, yet? Looks like it! Just checked after seeing this news article. Thank god PB is done for. It just threw off speedtests and constantly would mislead me without any real benefit.
16/2 prior
»www.speedtest.net/result/2486350116.png
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Vancouver, WA to a long distance maintained it solid. | |
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| | | | Re: Anyone checked Portland OR, yet? Boo, no change for me. 16/2 per Shaperprobe.exe | |
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 Augustus IIIIf Only Rome Could See Us Now....
join:2001-01-25
Gainesville, GA | no change 25.5/4.3 business. | |
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| | In Chicago On Biz class at our shop Speedtest consistently shows 20/4, Shaperprobe is 17/3 without PB. So we still have it but nowhere near what it used to be. Used to see something like 25-35 down and 5-7 up (10-30 up when they first turned on upstream bonding) w PB back before when it was 12/2 | |
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BiggA
join:2005-11-23
EARTH | Groton, CT As usual is the last to get ANYTHING. We're stuck on 25/4 with Blast! | |
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| | Powerboost Never have figured out that logic of Powerboost anyway. I mean, what the heck, if you can give me that speed for a few seconds, just make it full time. What good does a few seconds of cranking it do when it comes to downloading a Linux ISO or something similar?
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| | | Re: Powerboost cork, uploading pictures and stuff it's helpful.
May help load super heavy web pages quicker, like if a thread on a forum has a bunch of screenshots.
also what's the point of the 25/4 tier from comcast now? That's what I'm on. | |
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Seeley
join:2009-01-31
Eatontown, NJ | No increase here on the Economy plan I just rebooted my modem/router/devices. I didn't see any increase in speed. I have the Economy internet plan. Same old 3mbps/768kbps which in reality comes to about a max of 400kbps download speed.
Maybe they're only increasing speeds to the customers who have (and can afford) faster plans. Makes no sense, if it's true. | |
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a DOCSIS2 vision fulfilled
the FCC should be ashamed of itself for enabling such a hobbled non competitive environment.
