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Civrock @ 15th Sep 04:10PM:
[HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

As you can see on the new Charter sweepstakes page which was just launched today, it also announces the introduction of PowerBoost technology as well as the doubling of upload speeds!

»https://connect.charter.com/camaro/

I just confirmed via Twitter that PowerBoost will affect all levels of HSI service (except Ultra 60 which is only in St. Louis atm) and that it's coming on October 15th.
As for doubled upload speeds, those are happening TODAY but only on 5M and 10M accounts.

If you want to read up on PowerBoost...
»Comcast High Speed Internet FAQ »What is PowerBoost?
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Tarball @ 15th Sep 04:17PM:
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No 2M to 4M upgrade for 20meg customers? :(
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chaud @ 15th Sep 04:24PM:
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quote:
Powerboost 10/15...upload doubles to happen today but only for 5M and 10M accounts

»twitter.com/Umatter2Charter

Time to drop 20/2 I guess.
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Umatter2Chtr @ 15th Sep 04:32PM:
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The upload speeds on the 5meg HSI and 10meg HSI Plus packages have been doubled to 5/1 and 10/2. At this time there are no plans to increase upload speeds for the 20/2 HSI Max plan. There is no additional charge for this upgrade.
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zed260 @ 15th Sep 04:57PM:
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wonder how much it costs to deploy powerboost

id rather see no caps as opposed to powerboost personaly
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chaud @ 15th Sep 04:57PM:
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So you just removed one of the incentives to purchase a higher tier plan, now the only reasons I can see are to increase the cap (which isn't enforced) and download things faster...not a major issue. :(
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KoRnGtL15 @ 15th Sep 05:13PM:
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It makes absolutely no sense to raise uploads another 1mb. And then leave 20mb/2mb customers in the dust. Like some one else said. What is the incentive to stay on the 20mb/2mb plan then? I would only say because of the cap and then it is still questionable. If it is even being enforced yet. The powerboost feature is sweet though. That should have been implemented a long time ago. Better late then never......
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zed260 @ 15th Sep 10:29PM:
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if theres an option to turn powerboost off ill probably turn it off

speed varying like that would mess with speedtest

deploying this is waste of money
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gzt7d8 @ 15th Sep 10:31PM:
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I'll check it out on October 15th.

greg
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drbill28 @ 15th Sep 11:15PM:
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We'll see how it goes.
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BF69 @ 15th Sep 11:24PM:
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said by Civrock :

As you can see on the new Charter sweepstakes page which was just launched today, it also announces the introduction of PowerBoost technology as well as the doubling of upload speeds!

»https://connect.charter.com/camaro/

actually that page says nothing about Powerboost or upload spees. At least not when I go there.
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BF69 @ 15th Sep 11:26PM:
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said by Umatter2Chtr :

The upload speeds on the 5meg HSI and 10meg HSI Plus packages have been doubled to 5/1 and 10/2. At this time there are no plans to increase upload speeds for the 20/2 HSI Max plan. There is no additional charge for this upgrade.
I really don't give a shit about upload but to increase the 10 Meg tier to 2 mbps upload and not increase the 20 meg tier is bullshit. As I asked before, are you going to lower the price of the 20 Meg tier? You just made it a bit less more advantageous over 10 Meg. Also Powerboost is gay. I was always glad Charter never did that. Now people can't complain about not getting speeds because evey speedtest will show they are even though that might not be true because the powerboost will artificially inflate the speedtest results.
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Civrock @ 15th Sep 11:30PM:
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said by BF69 :

actually that page says nothing about Powerboost or upload spees. At least not when I go there.
Hmm, looks like they removed it! Wonder why.....

See screenshot in post #1 for what it looked like. :)
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Umatter2Chtr @ 16th Sep 12:39PM:
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We are continuously enhancing our HSI services. We launched 60 Mbps earlier this year, we increased our Max speed from 16 to 20 for free, and now we have plans to double the upstream speed on our 5 and 10 Mbps services. And we're launching Powerboost. There will be more enhancements to our HSI service. I don't have specifics or timing yet, but you have more to look forward to from Charter.
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anon @ 16th Sep 10:55PM:
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Called support. They just reprovisioned it for me. No questions asked... 10/2
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dbslayer @ 17th Sep 01:37AM:
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Great news! I am soooo looking forward to switching to Charter ! I will always want the fastest download, so 20M/2M and soon with Powerboost ! Cool :D
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markopoleo @ 17th Sep 02:30AM:
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said by Umatter2Chtr :

We are continuously enhancing our HSI services. We launched 60 Mbps earlier this year, we increased our Max speed from 16 to 20 for free, and now we have plans to double the upstream speed on our 5 and 10 Mbps services. And we're launching Powerboost. There will be more enhancements to our HSI service. I don't have specifics or timing yet, but you have more to look forward to from Charter.
Actually you did not launch 60 Mbps this year..its still in trial in St.Louis ONLY.

Also, it is widely known by everyone in the industry that Powerboost is just a way for cable companies to not offer higher tiers. Its simply a band aid so you don't have to offer faster speeds.

Thank goodness we still don't have caps.
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gargoyle999 @ 17th Sep 06:54AM:
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I only get about about 1.5 up with my 20/2 service. Wonder if I switch to 10/2 will my upload speed increase? :o
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Thermopyle0 @ 17th Sep 10:43AM:
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said by zed260 :

if theres an option to turn powerboost off ill probably turn it off

speed varying like that would mess with speedtest

deploying this is waste of money
Right, because running speedtests over and over is what the internets is for!
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jeffro @ 17th Sep 10:57AM:
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Yep. Gonna call right now and drop 20/2.
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markopoleo @ 17th Sep 12:02PM:
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said by jeffro :

Yep. Gonna call right now and drop 20/2.
This is what I don't get about Charter..they offer same upload through all tiers. But when you price them out you are only paying for more download speed..but what is the point of more download speeds IF THEY start enforcing the so called caps?

The caps listed sure do not offer any incentive to go for the highest tier when its just as easy for someone with 5-10meg to hit that.

If charter announces they are backing off on bandwidth caps on 20meg+ meg services..then it might be worth it.

Till then charter needs to get its stuff straight..why don't they ever ask the public and not what big shots want.
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jeffro @ 17th Sep 12:56PM:
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Just downgraded. The rep didn't seem too surprised when I told him why.
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BlakePaulson @ 17th Sep 01:38PM:
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said by dbslayer :

Great news! I am soooo looking forward to switching to Charter ! I will always want the fastest download, so 20M/2M and soon with Powerboost ! Cool :D
I really hope this post was sarcastic...

I actually like charter's internet because it delivered 10/1 when I had it... solid 10/1... now with 20/2 I rarely get consistant speeds near 20 (bursts of 18 here and there with the average sitting around 14-16) so there's really no point to keep the 20meg tier.

Time to call them to downgrade.
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jeffro @ 17th Sep 01:56PM:
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Blake-that was another reason I had to downgrade. When I had 16/2. I always got damn near 16/2. When it went to 20/2, the speeds stayed about the same. I never got anything above 17. Now that they bumped the upload on the 10 plan, I went back. What's the point in spending more when I got the same as I'm going to get now?
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BF69 @ 17th Sep 02:07PM:
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said by jeffro :

Just downgraded. The rep didn't seem too surprised when I told him why.
I bet when Charter sees how many people downgraded from 20/2 to 10/2 see how fast they actually offer 20 meg customers something more.
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jeffro @ 17th Sep 02:12PM:
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BF-We can only hope. This is kind of a slap in the face really. It's almost like they want people to downgrade their service and pay Charter less! If they had bumped the upload even 1MB I wouldn't have downgraded. But like I said before, what's the point in paying more for what I already get?
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markopoleo @ 17th Sep 02:26PM:
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said by jeffro :

BF-We can only hope. This is kind of a slap in the face really. It's almost like they want people to downgrade their service and pay Charter less! If they had bumped the upload even 1MB I wouldn't have downgraded. But like I said before, what's the point in paying more for what I already get?
Well to be fair you are not the voice of everyone. I constantly get my download and upload speeds on 20/2. If you did not then might as well downgrade of course.
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BlakePaulson @ 17th Sep 03:03PM:
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Well the rep I talked to had no idea about it and then asked a supervisor and he had no clue either (how do you know that? I didn't hear anything about it!)

Since 10/1 was so rock solid I went back to the 10meg service and can only hope it's still rock solid (I knew I should have never switched to the 20meg service anyways but it was so damn tempting.)

There are people who don't even get their 5meg advertised speeds so I'm well aware that it's not the same everywhere you go... in my neck of the woods it never went above 18meg (when 10 would constantly hit 10) and rarely stayed there even though I know the connections I was hooked up to could easily handle 20meg content (iTunes and Microsoft)
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watts3000 @ 17th Sep 07:57PM:
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Not changing anything staying with 20x2 I normally get 22 megs consistently when downloading. I will be jumping on the 60 meg service whenever they roll it out to my area
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Placeman @ 17th Sep 08:42PM:
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I just checked and I'm getting 1.8/7.2 (using »spt01olvemo.stls.mo.charter.com/).

I consistently got around 1 up and at or more than 10 down. I guess the slower down has to do with this PowerBoost.
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SMAN @ 17th Sep 09:18PM:
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So i called the guy to have my 10/1 reprovisioned to 10/2 and he said that on the 7th, it was allready upgraded. So i had him reset the modem and now i have 2 up!
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dbslayer @ 17th Sep 10:08PM:
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My house has no competition at this time. However, this might change soon and if so I will have the choice to get Internet from Charter and 20/2 is available then.

The only choice I have today at this house (2 years old and in the city) is at 6Meg/512K DSL with ATT/Bellsouth.

Without posting the long history of my attempts to get Charter to provide service to my home ( even though neighbors right across the street have Charter ) ... if I had not posted AND gotten the many responses from Charter Direct then I would not even be posting in this forum.

Yeah sure I'll at least try the 20/2 when it finally is installed at my home.
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nocannothave @ 17th Sep 10:25PM:
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Loving my 2mB/s upload!
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NewcastleB @ 17th Sep 10:46PM:
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said by dbslayer :

Without posting the long history of my attempts to get Charter to provide service to my home ( even though neighbors right across the street have Charter ) ... if I had not posted AND gotten the many responses from Charter Direct then I would not even be posting in this forum.
I was in the same boat as you. People across the road had Charter, access point on the corner of my property line, and Charter kept telling me that my address was unserviceable. I finally got someone to come out and do a site survey and approve installation. I think over 3 or 4 years I had 3 people come out until one finally said yes. When the tech came out to hook me up, he said something about using more than a 300 ft. drop line but said I had a good signal. And I've get better than advertised speeds. So if one person says no, wait a while and try again.
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BlakePaulson @ 18th Sep 12:07AM:
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Dropped service to 10meg. Haven't done any speed tests yet.
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jeffro @ 18th Sep 10:04AM:
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I'm at work right now but I ran a test yesterday after I got home and I'm getting 9/2.
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oodi6 @ 18th Sep 12:52PM:
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I'm getting 4.6Mbps/861kbps and I'm supposed to be on the 10/1 plan. So much for "powerboost."
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dbslayer @ 18th Sep 03:12PM:
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Hmm maybe my "long history" is not so bad after all ... based on your experience.

I started the process with first tech coming to my home on Aug 14th and I do see finally some progress outside as in cables coming out ground and just today seeing the install outside of a green round thing that the cable goes to... so maybe soon ... I'll wait to comment on when I actually have Charter installed inside my home and how it works.
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Poetique @ 18th Sep 03:26PM:
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said by oodi6 :

I'm getting 4.6Mbps/861kbps and I'm supposed to be on the 10/1 plan. So much for "powerboost."
PowerBoost isn't even enabled yet btw...
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audiolocator @ 18th Sep 03:41PM:
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Why would someone drop their 20meg service? It's just a temporary increase in speeds, so after 10 seconds, your downstream is back to your plan's limit.
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anon @ 18th Sep 04:01PM:
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stoked about the doubling of upload rate but im not getting it on my 10 meg service, do i need to call and have my modem reprovisioned?
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BF69 @ 18th Sep 04:09PM:
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said by audiolocator :

Why would someone drop their 20meg service? It's just a temporary increase in speeds, so after 10 seconds, your downstream is back to your plan's limit.
They are downgrading because with 10 meg they can get the same 2 Mbps upstream. In otherwords the reason they had 20 Meg to begin with was because of the 2 Mbps upstream. If that's all you cared about why keep 20 Meg?
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watts3000 @ 18th Sep 05:29PM:
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BF69 I see your point if all they wanted was upload Charter just gave them a reason not to pay them more. I like my 20x2 and will not be down grading I upgraded for download and upload speeds. Hopefully they will bring speeds faster than 20 megs to my area I keep hearing about the 60 meg service. However, I'm sure I will not see that anytime soon
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anon @ 18th Sep 05:46PM:
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The modems cannot handle 4 MB upload.

That is why 20/2 wasnt increased...
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BF69 @ 18th Sep 05:56PM:
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said by spanx :

The modems cannot handle 4 MB upload.

That is why 20/2 wasnt increased...
Can they handle 3, 2.5? I'll rather have $10 price cut anyways.
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NewcastleB @ 18th Sep 05:58PM:
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said by swegs :

stoked about the doubling of upload rate but im not getting it on my 10 meg service, do i need to call and have my modem reprovisioned?
Try powering down your modem for a few seconds then restart. That's what I had to do.
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anon @ 18th Sep 06:25PM:
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no dice, still only getting 1.2 ish
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audiolocator @ 18th Sep 07:58PM:
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said by BF69 :

said by audiolocator :

Why would someone drop their 20meg service? It's just a temporary increase in speeds, so after 10 seconds, your downstream is back to your plan's limit.
They are downgrading because with 10 meg they can get the same 2 Mbps upstream. In otherwords the reason they had 20 Meg to begin with was because of the 2 Mbps upstream. If that's all you cared about why keep 20 Meg?
I need faster downstream. I could care less about 1 Mbps versus 2 Mbps uploads.
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norton @ 18th Sep 11:47PM:
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you have to call in to get speed increase.
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BF69 @ 18th Sep 11:57PM:
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said by audiolocator :

I need faster downstream. I could care less about 1 Mbps versus 2 Mbps uploads.
That's you. That's not what you asked about. I gave you an answer. I'm not sure what you want me to say.

said by norton :

you have to call in to get speed increase.
No you don't
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anon @ 19th Sep 11:26AM:
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most modems (non docsis 3) dont handle more than 3 upload ... 2.7 2.5 in that range.
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Poetique @ 19th Sep 01:36PM:
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said by spanx :

most modems (non docsis 3) dont handle more than 3 upload ... 2.7 2.5 in that range.
To support his claim the modems we used to work with in one of my tech classes would only go about 2.5, STABLE, they supported a bit higher (it would either get up to around 3.5 or 4, I can't recall, but it just wasn't very stable, and the signal was stable.

With that said, newer docsis 2.0 modems should be able to handle double that speed or more... I'm pretty sure the Motorola Surfboard modems support much higher speeds, and stability is determined purely by your signal rather than the modem's ability to cope in that situation.
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audiolocator @ 19th Sep 05:33PM:
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said by BF69 :

said by audiolocator :

I need faster downstream. I could care less about 1 Mbps versus 2 Mbps uploads.
That's you. That's not what you asked about. I gave you an answer. I'm not sure what you want me to say.
I didn't ask you in the first place, and I was talking about PowerBoost, but thanks anyways.
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norton @ 19th Sep 09:19PM:
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well, i had to. I turned my modem off for 5 minutes plugged it back in and still had same speeds. phoned in and it worked 2 times faster. maybe you didn't have too but if someone out there doesn't have the speed - phone it in - they can't do it in a chat window.
but thanks for your input just the same.
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KoRnGtL15 @ 19th Sep 10:04PM:
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Are you sure? This spec is from Motrola Surfboard SB101

Max Transmission Rate 38Mbps Downstream, 30Mbps Upstream

said by spanx :

The modems cannot handle 4 MB upload.

That is why 20/2 wasnt increased...

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BF69 @ 20th Sep 12:07AM:
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said by audiolocator :

I didn't ask you in the first place,
You ask the board which I am a part of. You never asked SPECIFIC member

and I was talking about PowerBoost, but thanks anyways.
REALLY? I'm pretty sure you asked why somone would drop 20 Meg. I gave an answer why.

said by audiolocator :

Why would someone drop their 20meg service?

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audiolocator @ 20th Sep 01:43AM:
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said by BF69 :

said by audiolocator :

I didn't ask you in the first place,
You ask the board which I am a part of. You never asked SPECIFIC member

and I was talking about PowerBoost, but thanks anyways.
REALLY? I'm pretty sure you asked why somone would drop 20 Meg. I gave an answer why.

said by audiolocator :

Why would someone drop their 20meg service?
Perhaps you should have read my full post before replying.

said by audiolocator :

It's just a temporary increase in speeds, so after 10 seconds, your downstream is back to your plan's limit.
Thanks for playing.
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mikiee @ 20th Sep 07:46PM:
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With PowerBoost, will I notice a difference in speed just surfing the net? Will web pages load a lot faster? I'm currently on their 5mb/1 plan. What about videos such as Hulu.com? Will they play smoother. Sometimes they are slightly choppy and the voice/video is slightly out of sync.
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BF69 @ 20th Sep 08:34PM:
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said by audiolocator :

said by BF69 :

said by audiolocator :

I didn't ask you in the first place,
You ask the board which I am a part of. You never asked SPECIFIC member

and I was talking about PowerBoost, but thanks anyways.
REALLY? I'm pretty sure you asked why somone would drop 20 Meg. I gave an answer why.

said by audiolocator :

Why would someone drop their 20meg service?
Perhaps you should have read my full post before replying.

said by audiolocator :

It's just a temporary increase in speeds, so after 10 seconds, your downstream is back to your plan's limit.
Thanks for playing.
One doesn't have anything to do with the other Einstien. No one here said they would drop 20 meg because of powerboost. They said they would drop it because 10 meg has the same upload now. And YOU specifically asked why someone would drop 20 Meg.
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BlakePaulson @ 21st Sep 10:33AM:
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said by audiolocator :

Why would someone drop their 20meg service? It's just a temporary increase in speeds, so after 10 seconds, your downstream is back to your plan's limit.
Because I couldn't get anywhere near 20meg speeds.

10meg service is solid as a rock but 20meg struggles and because the speeds are so damn inconsistent it makes my connection really unreliable (and actually slower)
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Margolis @ 21st Sep 02:57PM:
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said by BF69 :

One doesn't have anything to do with the other Einstien. No one here said they would drop 20 meg because of powerboost. They said they would drop it because 10 meg has the same upload now. And YOU specifically asked why someone would drop 20 Meg.
sorry, but I don't see any significant number of people dropping 20mb just because 10mb has the same upload speed. Most of the people who went to the 20mb plan did it because of the download speed, not the upload.
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lateknight @ 6th Oct 04:48PM:
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Has anyone got the double upload speed in East TN? I called tech and they said they were unaware of any upgrade. Also tried cycling the modem to no avail.
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KoRnGtL15 @ 6th Oct 05:01PM:
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It is not coming until later this month. The 15th or so.
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pbarrow @ 6th Oct 05:22PM:
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I see the upload increase 5M/1M but I don't see any sign of any kind of "Powerboost".
Should it show on speedtest or is it only in certain areas ?
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PaulTTU @ 6th Oct 05:40PM:
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said by lateknight :

Has anyone got the double upload speed in East TN? I called tech and they said they were unaware of any upgrade. Also tried cycling the modem to no avail.
Make sure you disable your QoS if you have any. I did get a speed increase from 1mbit to 1.6mbit, but I've never made it all the way to 2.
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Civrock @ 6th Oct 05:43PM:
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Upload was doubled on September 15th. Powerboost is coming on October 15th, as posted.
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koma3504 @ 7th Oct 12:24PM:
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So this increase in upload is that for CBN accounts as well???
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jweek @ 7th Oct 04:35PM:
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called to drop from 20 to 10, was offered 10 meg price on my 20 meg service for 1 year, no contract.
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lateknight @ 7th Oct 08:16PM:
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I've still not seen anything and have called twice. Both times the people have been unaware of any increase. I've always gotten about 1.25 up and 10.25 down and it hasn't changed so I don't know.
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PaulTTU @ 8th Oct 02:53AM:
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Try testing here for east TN:
»speed.uberbandwidth.com

It's in Asheville, but it has direct charter peering. Its as close as I can get to that old headend speed test they used to have.
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BoMarty @ 9th Oct 03:18AM:
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said by PaulTTU :

Try testing here for east TN:
»speed.uberbandwidth.com

It's in Asheville, but it has direct charter peering. Its as close as I can get to that old headend speed test they used to have.
hey thanks for that speed test link. Seems to handle the up and down speeds nicely. But will have to really test it during the day :) I am Always looking for speed test sites that can handle the faster packages. Only a couple of sites I can find.
Last Result:
Download Speed: 64017 kbps (8002.1 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 5274 kbps (659.3 KB/sec transfer rate)
Friday, October 09, 2009 2:14:19 AM
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houkouonchi @ 11th Oct 08:59AM:
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of course they aren't going to up the upload from 2 meg to higher. Go look at uncapping forums and you will see even with 0/0 nobody gets more than 1.8-2.7 megabits on the upstream most being at around 2.
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KoRnGtL15 @ 14th Oct 03:13PM:
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Is PowerBoost still scheduled to hit on time? Which would be tomorrow the 15th?
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zed260 @ 14th Oct 03:38PM:
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as best i know its comming tommorrow will find out
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chaud @ 15th Oct 02:16AM:
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No powerboost yet, but I do get my full speeds at 2 AM apparently!
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Ox3g3n @ 15th Oct 02:29AM:
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Powerboost seems active here, atleast on the downstream side.

»www.speedtest.net/result/592653472.png
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KoRnGtL15 @ 15th Oct 08:13AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Nothing here yet. :/


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BF69 @ 15th Oct 08:49AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Nothing here either
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zed260 @ 15th Oct 10:21AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds



its actuve had to unplug then plug back in cable modom
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Civrock @ 15th Oct 10:25AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

It appears that Charter's PowerBoost® launch was delayed and there'll be more info on it at the end of the month. According to Umatter2Charter, testing in the STL area seems to have been successful so far.
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Poetique @ 15th Oct 11:08AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Nothing here... kinda sad I only want it deployed to temporarily see the 2 MB upload everyone else has. Mine has never gone over 1.8... it's fucking annoying, actually, considering my connection is considered flawless...
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anon @ 17th Oct 08:14AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

The upload speed has been doubled to 2mbps for 10mbps service here in Montgomery, Alabama. Powerboost does not work yet though.


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techyguy09 @ 17th Oct 11:50AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

IDK, somethings going on in my area, I have the 20/2 and look at my download, never seen this before yesterday!


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IcEr3K @ 17th Oct 02:16PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Nothing here in So. Cal yet...
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xlilxbo1x @ 17th Oct 06:33PM:
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Voltron64 @ 17th Oct 07:23PM:
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gzt7d8 @ 18th Oct 08:58AM:
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said by IcEr3K :

Nothing here in So. Cal yet...
Don't seen anything in central Michigan either.

Come on Charter, bring it on!

I like what I see from the Wisconsin and California posts.

Greg
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"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
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jweek @ 18th Oct 03:35PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

nothing here in reno, but my cable modem is randomly rebooting now.... :huh:
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Theta @ 18th Oct 07:20PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Not getting any boost here in STL.
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mtf06 @ 19th Oct 01:58AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Nothing here in Carson City, NV either.
But then again Im 20Meg and I dont think were getting it right? Or wrong?
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Poetique @ 19th Oct 03:42AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by mtf06 :

Nothing here in Carson City, NV either.
But then again Im 20Meg and I dont think were getting it right? Or wrong?
Wrong. Everyone gets it. Unless you have the unicorn service I suppose... don't see the point there, and most servers wouldn't support it anyway.
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KoRnGtL15 @ 19th Oct 05:04PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Since PowerBoost was delayed. Any one know when it will come out? Surprised dslreports has not posted a story on the delay....
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BF69 @ 19th Oct 09:43PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

It's not delayed. I'm getting 15 Mbps on a 10 Mbps connection durring different speedtests.
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Theta @ 19th Oct 11:48PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

It certainly doesn't seem delayed, from the amount of posts here.

No idea why some of us aren't getting any boost, though...
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DaSneaky1D @ 20th Oct 12:44AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Agreed.

I downgraded to the 10mbps/2mbps tier once the upload increased and I haven't noticed any sort of slowdown.

I just tested my speed on Charter's site and have 16.9mbps downstream.
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Acarney @ 20th Oct 03:47AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Ya, I'm in Richland, WA and don't have it on my 10Mb service yet. I speed test 10.5/2.0 but I always got that on the down side. For those that have powerboost, how long does it last when downloading a file and does it work with BitTorrent downloads?

I have a friend on Cox (I think) and he says in the middle of the night PowerBoost can last for the whole download (like 10+ minutes) as long as the bandwidth is there. I'm wondering if we get the same or even if we're on a dead empty node if it'll die off after 30 seconds or something.
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KoRnGtL15 @ 20th Oct 04:34AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I reset my modem and still nothing.



Seems like some areas launched and some did not.
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snailspace @ 20th Oct 09:24AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

PowerBoost not here yet.

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mikiee @ 20th Oct 11:28AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I've asked this question before, but got no answer. On just regular net surfing, will you notice a difference with power boost or is it just during file downloads?
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chaud @ 20th Oct 11:36AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by mikiee :

I've asked this question before, but got no answer. On just regular net surfing, will you notice a difference with power boost or is it just during file downloads?
Just downloads, you never download anything large enough with regular pages to remotely stress your connection.
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mikiee @ 20th Oct 12:46PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Ok. How about when you are watching videos, such as the Hulu site. Sometimes for me they play smooth, other times, they are not.
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Tarball @ 20th Oct 03:48PM:
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Just reset my modem. Seems to be active here in St. Louis.
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Theta @ 20th Oct 04:09PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Yep - working here now, too.

Last Result:
Download Speed: 28208 kbps (3526 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2124 kbps (265.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
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squashpile @ 20th Oct 04:48PM:
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mikiee @ 20th Oct 06:04PM:
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Nothing dramatic here in St. Louis, but faster than my normal 5.2 or so.
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Poetique @ 20th Oct 08:22PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

It's active here in Auburn, still don't got my other .15 upload though...
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gzt7d8 @ 20th Oct 08:29PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by Poetique :

It's active here in Auburn, still don't got my other .15 upload though...
Hey Poetique, post a speed test result, I'm curious.

Greg
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"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
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chaud @ 20th Oct 08:51PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by mikiee :

Ok. How about when you are watching videos, such as the Hulu site. Sometimes for me they play smooth, other times, they are not.
Sounds like an internet quality failure on someones end there.
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Cop @ 20th Oct 09:00PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Heres what I'm getting in auburn. I have the 5/1 package.


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squashpile @ 20th Oct 09:03PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

One more

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alex14464 @ 20th Oct 09:35PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Download Speed: 30063 kbps (3757.9 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 2100 kbps (262.5 KB/sec transfer rate)

has hit in bonne terre
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funnyfarker @ 20th Oct 09:51PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Maryland Heights is good to go:

Download Speed: 35180 kbps (4397.5 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 1918 kbps (239.8 KB/sec transfer rate)
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snailspace @ 20th Oct 09:56PM:
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We're getting there!
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apply17 @ 20th Oct 10:03PM:
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Nothing here.
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Poetique @ 20th Oct 10:08PM:
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kruser @ 20th Oct 10:25PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

After a modem restart it reports that it will allow a max 7 Mb burst over the 22400000 plan speed so it is enabled here at least.
But, I'd never be able to tell as my node is so overloaded I'm lucky to get 2.5 Mbps during the evening hours. Once all the college kids moved into the apartment complex my speeds went to hell in the evenings and usually until darn near sunrise.
I did of course work with the guys in the direct forum and they see the problem but think it is something else and not a saturated node. Maybe congestion at a further node. They contacted corporate who contacted me and they want to send a tech out during the early daytime weekday hours when there are no problems.
I tried telling them that the tech will see normal speeds as all the kids are gone to school. If they want to be here to observe the slow speeds then they need a tech here around 8 PM or later. They did agree to send one this Saturday just after noon so maybe he will see it but it is normally not as bad on the weekend days as it is during weekday evenings.
I don't have high hopes of this getting resolved as the tech will see all is well and that will be the end of it. I can only hope.
I'll run another test before work as my speeds are great then.
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chaud @ 21st Oct 01:19AM:
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Finally
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pbarrow @ 21st Oct 01:20AM:
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I hate to be a Party Pooper - but I'm on the 5M/1M plan that used to be 5M/512K.

I wish they would have just left it at 5M/512K and lowered the price myself. Times are tough for some of us and I could use some savings in my finances rather than new bells and whistles.
True there is no price increase now they say - but I bet it will come.
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pbarrow @ 21st Oct 01:46AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by chaud :

said by mikiee :

I've asked this question before, but got no answer. On just regular net surfing, will you notice a difference with power boost or is it just during file downloads?
Just downloads, you never download anything large enough with regular pages to remotely stress your connection.
I think that answer is incorrect.
Powerboost should affect surfing and everything in the download phase of the connection for however many seconds they have the powerboost set to last.
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apply17 @ 21st Oct 04:59AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

10/2

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funnyfarker @ 21st Oct 06:51AM:
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I downloaded a big file last night. It started right at 32 meg and not three seconds later plummeted to exactly 20 and stayed there until it finished. Multiple speed tests produce the same result.

I guess they can technically call that a powerboost, but anything less than 30 seconds is pretty much false advertisement in my opinion.
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chaud @ 21st Oct 08:06AM:
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said by pbarrow :

said by chaud :

said by mikiee :

I've asked this question before, but got no answer. On just regular net surfing, will you notice a difference with power boost or is it just during file downloads?
Just downloads, you never download anything large enough with regular pages to remotely stress your connection.
I think that answer is incorrect.
Powerboost should affect surfing and everything in the download phase of the connection for however many seconds they have the powerboost set to last.
Monitor your bandwdith usage as you surf, you will never use more than a few mbps unless you are on a page that is very large.
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jweek @ 22nd Oct 11:09PM:
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said by jweek :

nothing here in reno, but my cable modem is randomly rebooting now.... :huh:
well, looks like it's here


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somemightsay @ 23rd Oct 12:43AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Also appears to be active in 75087 (outside Dallas/Forth Worth).

I'm on the 5/1 plan.


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mikiee @ 23rd Oct 01:40AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I think you're all drinking the Kool-aid. Congratulations Charter, they're buying it!
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Metatron2008 @ 23rd Oct 02:20AM:
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Peak hours:



Late hours:


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jweek @ 23rd Oct 12:50PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by mikiee :

I think you're all drinking the Kool-aid. Congratulations Charter, they're buying it!
what koolaid?
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dbslayer @ 23rd Oct 03:12PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Powerboost is now here in Louisiana !

I lost my connection (phone and internet) around noon and re-cycled everything and then the powerboost was there ... a little inconsistent at first but is now fairly consistent.

This is my "best" speed ( normal speed is 20/2 ) ... so far ...

[att=1]
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mikiee @ 23rd Oct 03:57PM:
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said by jweek :

said by mikiee :

I think you're all drinking the Kool-aid. Congratulations Charter, they're buying it!
what koolaid?
"Drinking the Kool-aid"
(To completely buy into an idea or system, whether good or bad. )
In this case, people are buying into the hype from Charter that this is an improvement in service, when in reality it is not. In fact, it makes it harder to determine if Charter is delivering to you what you signed up for.
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mtf06 @ 23rd Oct 07:09PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Well, this morning I was getting 35meg (speakeasy) and now today Im getting 21meg (speakeasy) and I am on a 20meg connection.

I'm in a small city. Maybe it hasn't fully came out today?

Anyone else having similiar issues like this?
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mtf06 @ 23rd Oct 07:43PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Well, must just be because they are releasing it today because now its at 28meg whatever...
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Metatron2008 @ 23rd Oct 08:05PM:
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Powerboost boosts your signal when not many people are using it. You will notice alot faster speeds after midnight and to around 11 am.
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funnyfarker @ 23rd Oct 09:04PM:
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Powerboost boosts your signal when not many people are using it. You will notice alot faster speeds after midnight and to around 11 am.


Not in St. Louis. It shoots up to 3.5 MB for a millisecond and plummets right back down to 2.5 no matter what time of day. Doesn't matter if it's 2 P.M. or 2 A.M.
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Metatron2008 @ 23rd Oct 09:07PM:
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Odd. Sounds like they don't have line sharing in St. Louis...
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Metatron2008 @ 23rd Oct 09:33PM:
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said by mikiee :

said by jweek :

said by mikiee :

I think you're all drinking the Kool-aid. Congratulations Charter, they're buying it!
what koolaid?
"Drinking the Kool-aid"
(To completely buy into an idea or system, whether good or bad. )
In this case, people are buying into the hype from Charter that this is an improvement in service, when in reality it is not. In fact, it makes it harder to determine if Charter is delivering to you what you signed up for.
No, drinking the kool-aid is a statement used for doing something that will kill you.

It came into prominence after Jim Jones and his cult killed themselves by drinking poison-induced kool-aid.
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mikiee @ 23rd Oct 11:30PM:
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said by Metatron2008 :

No, drinking the kool-aid is a statement used for doing something that will kill you.
It came into prominence after Jim Jones and his cult killed themselves by drinking poison-induced kool-aid.
Why do you think they drank the Kool-aid? They completely bought into Jones's system. Hence the phrase that became popular after the Jonestown massacre.
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Metatron2008 @ 23rd Oct 11:41PM:
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said by mikiee :

said by Metatron2008 :

No, drinking the kool-aid is a statement used for doing something that will kill you.
It came into prominence after Jim Jones and his cult killed themselves by drinking poison-induced kool-aid.
Why do you think they drank the Kool-aid, Einstein? They completely bought into Jones's system. Hence the phrase that became popular after the Jonestown massacre. Remember, Google is your friend. Try it, you'll like it.
And the phrase is made to say that buying into something will kill you. You may wanna stop telling people about google and use it yourself Einstein.
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geierr @ 24th Oct 12:32AM:
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PowerBoost is now active here in Yakima, WA. Just reset my cable modem and here are the results:


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Apathy @ 24th Oct 12:44AM:
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said by Metatron2008 :

said by mikiee :

said by Metatron2008 :

No, drinking the kool-aid is a statement used for doing something that will kill you.
It came into prominence after Jim Jones and his cult killed themselves by drinking poison-induced kool-aid.
Why do you think they drank the Kool-aid, Einstein? They completely bought into Jones's system. Hence the phrase that became popular after the Jonestown massacre. Remember, Google is your friend. Try it, you'll like it.
And the phrase is made to say that buying into something will kill you. You may wanna stop telling people about google and use it yourself Einstein.
Any time that I've heard that phrased used, whether it was the media, films/tv, or real life it's always been in the context of "buying into something". Period. I don't think anyone ever means "to the death", which is kinda ridiculous now that I think about it.
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Metatron2008 @ 24th Oct 01:43AM:
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said by Apathy :

Any time that I've heard that phrased used, whether it was the media, films/tv, or real life it's always been in the context of "buying into something". Period. I don't think anyone ever means "to the death", which is kinda ridiculous now that I think about it.
And it again came into prominence after the Jim Jones cult suicides, which coincidentally, the cult bought into Jim Jones's ideas and drank it.

»www.urbandictionary.com/define.p···kool-aid

quote:
Comes from a religious mass suicide from poisoned kool-aid. When people are going to a meeting of a controversial group, they are sometimes warned not to drink the kool-aid


»www.raptureready.com/rr-kool-aid.html

quote:
In November of 1978, the world was shocked by the suicide deaths of 913 members of the People's Temple cult. Jim Jones, the leader of the group, convinced his followers to move to Jonestown, Guyana, a remote community that Jones carved out of the South American jungle and named after himself. Jones constantly feared losing control of his followers. His paranoia was the main reason he moved the cult to Guyana.

The mass suicide occurred after U.S. Rep. Leo Ryan of California and a team of reporters visited the compound to investigate reports of abuse. After some members tried to leave with the congressman's group, Jim Jones had Ryan and his entourage ambushed at the nearby airstrip. He then ordered his flock to commit suicide by drinking grape-flavored Kool-Aid laced with potassium cyanide.


Just a couple sites giving reasons why people say this.

The term of drinking the kool-aid is used as a pretext for suicide. That's the reason people say it kids. It doesn't have to mean literal suicide, it can mean many different terms, political suicide (getting caught taking bribes), corporate suicide, etc.

Are you kids going to continue arguing this now? I hate people who don't have a clue what they argue, yet they argue.
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BF69 @ 24th Oct 03:18AM:
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Metatron you got it partly right. Yes "drinking the kool-aid" did get it start because of Jonestown. What it means is being so influenced by someonelse's point of view that you suspend all logical reasoning. Jim Jones has such power he convinced hundreds of followers to drink kool-aid that they knew would kill them and their kids. So if someone for example quotes Glenn Beck as if he's some sort of reputable pundit then "drinking the kool-aid" is appropriate. Beck=Jones; Beck's fans=Jones' followers
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Metatron2008 @ 24th Oct 04:08AM:
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I'd personally say that suspending logical reasoning is suicide, even if you didn't physically murder yourself.
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mikiee @ 24th Oct 09:54AM:
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Ok people, back to the topic at hand. I apologize, esp. to Metatron, for getting this thread sidetracked. I was somewhat sarcastic in my reply to him. Anyhow, I think Powerboost is a gimmick that really doesn't benefit anyone and renders speedtests, esp. Speakeasy, useless. I'm on a5/1 plan and Speakeasy says I'm now at 17.5 down. What a crock!
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chaud @ 24th Oct 12:41PM:
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said by mikiee :

Anyhow, I think Powerboost is a gimmick that really doesn't benefit anyone and renders speedtests, esp. Speakeasy, useless. I'm on a5/1 plan and Speakeasy says I'm now at 17.5 down. What a crock!
Just because you don't know how to test your speed now doesn't make it a crock. It is beneficial to everyone, allowing for faster downloads of files overall.
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jweek @ 24th Oct 01:39PM:
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said by mikiee :

said by jweek :

said by mikiee :

I think you're all drinking the Kool-aid. Congratulations Charter, they're buying it!
what koolaid?
"Drinking the Kool-aid"
(To completely buy into an idea or system, whether good or bad. )
In this case, people are buying into the hype from Charter that this is an improvement in service, when in reality it is not. In fact, it makes it harder to determine if Charter is delivering to you what you signed up for.
I'm familiar with what the term means. I don't understand why you choose to use it in this forum on this topic.

I'm certainly no charter fanboi, but a short term download speed increase can be beneficial in certain conditions.

It's not hard at all to determine if charter is delivering what I or you or anyone else signed up for. If you don't know how, there are many on this forum who will gladly help you.
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mikiee @ 24th Oct 03:09PM:
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said by jweek :

It's not hard at all to determine if charter is delivering what I or you or anyone else signed up for. If you don't know how, there are many on this forum who will gladly help you.
Please tell me. I'm used to the one click at Speedtest and I then know my speed. You say there's a way just as easy? I'm all ears.
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apply17 @ 24th Oct 03:37PM:
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Just download a file and look at your speed. Not hard. The larger the file, the better. That way you can see if your connection is consistent over time. For example, download a Linux live CD (~700MB takes around 5 minutes).
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jweek @ 24th Oct 08:22PM:
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said by mikiee :

said by jweek :

It's not hard at all to determine if charter is delivering what I or you or anyone else signed up for. If you don't know how, there are many on this forum who will gladly help you.
Please tell me. I'm used to the one click at Speedtest and I then know my speed. You say there's a way just as easy? I'm all ears.
I find it odd that you've started another thread on how to accomplish this that already has answers, yet you are "all ears"?

»How to test your speed now with Powerboost?

anyway, a simple way is to download a large file and observe the download rate. With powerboost, you should see the download speed surge, then taper off to near your maximum download speed, which is in turn dependent on which speed tier you subscribe.
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mikiee @ 24th Oct 11:01PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

OK, I started a Ubuntu download from Indiana and it started at 478kb/s and varied from 465 to 481. I'm on a 5/1mb plan. So does that mean my speed was around 4.75mb down?
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pbarrow @ 25th Oct 02:49AM:
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said by apply17 :

Just download a file and look at your speed. Not hard. The larger the file, the better. That way you can see if your connection is consistent over time. For example, download a Linux live CD (~700MB takes around 5 minutes).
That's only true if (a) that site is has consistant capacity and (b) plenty of bandwidth - otherwise that type of test can be misleading also.
Generally if the results are in Kbs then you multiply by 8 to get Mbs - but that's only approximate because there is some overhead involved with the number of bits/sec. it's a little more than 8bits.
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apply17 @ 25th Oct 03:58AM:
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said by pbarrow :

said by apply17 :

Just download a file and look at your speed. Not hard. The larger the file, the better. That way you can see if your connection is consistent over time. For example, download a Linux live CD (~700MB takes around 5 minutes).
That's only true if (a) that site is has consistant capacity and (b) plenty of bandwidth - otherwise that type of test can be misleading also.
Generally if the results are in Kbs then you multiply by 8 to get Mbs - but that's only approximate because there is some overhead involved with the number of bits/sec. it's a little more than 8bits.
Ok? Speeds usually show in in kilobytes not kilobits (with exception for scaling to megabytes). Easy to convert or Google search a bandwidth converter if you are unsure of the math. Capacity shouldn't be an issue if you follow my advice with a download such as a Linux live CD unless you are trying to test after the release of an upgrade.

Find a better way to test if you don't like this way.
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KoRnGtL15 @ 25th Oct 05:26AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

PB finally hit in our area today.


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Monkson @ 25th Oct 10:07AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Hit my area too. We don't really notice any increase in our day to day use though right now.


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jweek @ 25th Oct 11:27AM:
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said by mikiee :

OK, I started a Ubuntu download from Indiana and it started at 478kb/s and varied from 465 to 481. I'm on a 5/1mb plan. So does that mean my speed was around 4.75mb down?
I found a handy calculator here:

»edoceo.com/utilitas/bandwidth-calculator
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CIO @ 25th Oct 01:36PM:
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Just for thought... the term "drinking the kool-aid" could be associated with the Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test and not the Jim Jones reference.

Alternative meaning:

The expression first refers to the activities of the Merry Pranksters, a group of people associated with novelist Ken Kesey who, in the early 1960s, traveled around the United States and held events called "Acid Tests", where LSD-laced Kool-Aid was passed out to the public (LSD was legal in the U.S. until 1966). Those who drank the "Kool-Aid" passed the "Acid Test". "Drinking the Kool-Aid" in that context meant taking LSD. These events were described in Tom Wolfe's 1968 classic "The Electric Kool-Aid Acid Test". However the expression is never used figuratively in the book, but only literally.
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mikiee @ 25th Oct 01:39PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

According to that calculator on that download I was at 3.7mb. Not good on a 5/1 plan, considering I was usually at 5 to 5.3. before Powerboost. If I had the option, I would opt out of Powerboost. Just give me what I had before and let me monitor my speed an easier and more reliable way.
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CIO @ 25th Oct 01:41PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds



Well.. I have the Charter 20/2 package but looks like some "bottleneck" just opened up on my UL side anyway.
:-)
Wow... I hope they don't catch this !

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KoRnGtL15 @ 25th Oct 03:46PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I don't really see much benefit from PB in the day or evening. But, late at night. It really kicks in. I was dl a 80mb file this morning at about 2 am. It was dl at 2.7-3.0mb consistently.
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Metatron2008 @ 25th Oct 04:12PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by mikiee :

According to that calculator on that download I was at 3.7mb. Not good on a 5/1 plan, considering I was usually at 5 to 5.3. before Powerboost. If I had the option, I would opt out of Powerboost. Just give me what I had before and let me monitor my speed an easier and more reliable way.
It can't be that. Powerboost isn't supposed to lower speeds, their supposed to give somebody higher speeds, but only when their is little to no congestion.
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bufbarnaby @ 25th Oct 06:50PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I thought I was seeing things ! I just did a speed test on my So Cal Charter and I used to get 5/.5
Now I am getting 15/1 !!!
Where did this crazy-fast extra speed come from ?
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mikiee @ 25th Oct 07:56PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds



Here are screen shots of my download and speedtest. They were done within 5 min of each other. According to the speedtest I am obviously getting more than 5 down, but according to the Ubuntu download, I'm not. If I'm reading the download calculator right, I'm getting 3.4Mb down. This is about the same as when I tried it early this morning also. I never get any kind of speedburst, where it starts out fast and gradually comes down. It's always in the 430-450 range. One Ubuntu download, this morning, was from Indiana and the one above, from Tennessee.
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pacojoebob @ 25th Oct 08:25PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I just noticed the powerboost right now that's why I came and checked here :D 18MB file came in at 2.5MB/s.

I've only got the 10/1 service. I'm in SoCal but where I am I rarely see my speeds below what they are supposed to be.
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Metatron2008 @ 25th Oct 08:44PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by mikiee :



Here are screen shots of my download and speedtest. They were done within 5 min of each other. According to the speedtest I am obviously getting more than 5 down, but according to the Ubuntu download, I'm not. If I'm reading the download calculator right, I'm getting 3.4Mb down. This is about the same as when I tried it early this morning also. I never get any kind of speedburst, where it starts out fast and gradually comes down. It's always in the 430-450 range. One Ubuntu download, this morning, was from Indiana and the one above, from Tennessee.
This can be normal. Speeds depend alot on how good the network is you are connected too.

Right now, I can get nearly 5 megs/sec downloading on stardock impulse.

Gamershell gives me MAYBE 500 kb.

I've only a couple times found fast ubuntu servers. 90% of the time I find slow as hell ones.
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mikiee @ 25th Oct 09:07PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by Metatron2008 :

I've only a couple times found fast ubuntu servers. 90% of the time I find slow as hell ones.
So what downloads/servers would you recommend to test speeds, now that the other speedtests sites are not reliable anymore with Powerboost on?
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apply17 @ 25th Oct 09:15PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by Metatron2008 :

I've only a couple times found fast ubuntu servers. 90% of the time I find slow as hell ones.
I tried three of them just now (MIT Labs, Gigenet, and mirrors.kernel.org) and they all maxed out my connection @ 1.3MB/s. All of them got above 3MB/s during PowerBoost.
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Metatron2008 @ 25th Oct 09:41PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by apply17 :

said by Metatron2008 :

I've only a couple times found fast ubuntu servers. 90% of the time I find slow as hell ones.
I tried three of them just now (MIT Labs, Gigenet, and mirrors.kernel.org) and they all maxed out my connection @ 1.3MB/s. All of them got above 3MB/s during PowerBoost.
That's odd. I always get slow speeds on Ubuntu servers...

I will try real quick.

EDIT: Ubuntu gets good speeds, but still below the 2 megs mark. Steam is fluctuating, gets horrible speeds. Stardock Impulse gets great speeds.

This is at 9:54 pm, which is typically crunch time.
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Ubuntu server speeds.
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Steam download speeds.
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Stardock Impulse speeds.
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apply17 @ 26th Oct 12:02AM:
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plantto @ 26th Oct 03:00AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I have the 5/1 connection in Minnesota and last night is when I first saw the powerboost. At first it was ranging around 35mbits to 32mbits then today it settled to this



it was kind of nice downloading at 10 Mbytes/sec, but my upload hasn't changed a bit even.
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Metatron2008 @ 26th Oct 03:03AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

A megabit is 1/8th of a megabyte. If you were downloading at 10 megaBYTES then you were at 100+ mbits....
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plantto @ 26th Oct 03:13AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Yeah I know I am fairly computer savy as far as I thought though was that unless your DOCSIS 3.0 you won't get higher than 38Mbits and somehow for like the first 5sec on downloads(not just one) It was downloading at 10Mbytes/sec I dont know how or if it was just to high for ubuntu to read correctly or what. In the ambit modem event log it show it updated a DOCSIS 1.1 file so I guess thats what I'm using. Beats me.

EDIT: Yeah I forgot to say that at some points it was downloading at unusually high speeds, but never got those result on speedtest.net just a print screen of an active download and the rate it was going at.

This was the highest download rate last night this was literally one second into downloading. So I havent a clue what happend. And the second picture is the highest I seen on speakeasy.
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chaud @ 26th Oct 08:08AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Firefox downloads while it waits for you to pick an option, then when you do the first few seconds of download speed is inflated because it was downloading while you were picking.
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mikiee @ 27th Oct 01:03PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I installed TCP Optimizer and it seems that it has helped my speed. At Speedtest.net, since Powerboost went into effect, I rarely got over 8mb down. Now it is a bit higher. I am on a 5/1 plan.

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MrJST4 @ 27th Oct 05:31PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I am getting truly shocking speeds right now... Speedtest showed 26.2 down with 1.95 up... I have the 10/1 package.

Even better, ping is down to 22.

Southwest MN.

I hope it lasts.
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SyNiSt3r @ 28th Oct 10:56AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Im getting better speeds than what i was as well. I have also noticed better pings to most locations.
Lag has been reduced some on xbox live too.
I do think charter still has some routing issues or something to work out because when i test all the way to texas i carry a ping of about 50 or so but when i go to cali it pings at nearly 200 or more and the speed drops off bad. Is this because of route?
Also, Oddly enough if i use the speedtest.net server in my home town i ping to it at about 100ms. I get to texas again at about 50? The test server isnt 10 miles from my house and im carryin a 100ms ping? What causes these issues?
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apply17 @ 28th Oct 11:52AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by SyNiSt3r :

What causes these issues?
Routing.
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SyNiSt3r @ 28th Oct 12:14PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Thats what i thought. So if they fix these routing issues charter will have improved for me greatly. I wonder how we can get a tech to look at these routing issues?
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Lorcan8 @ 28th Oct 05:08PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

It sure was nice when I downloaded a new album off of iTunes this morning :). Definitely is working now, thats for sure. A bit of a shockingly high downstream rate in speed tests for me too, and I have the 5/1 plan as well.


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willmarguy @ 29th Oct 08:13AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

nothing in Willmar, MN yet
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drwtsn32 @ 29th Oct 08:30AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Just got the email about the speed increase. I am on 20/2 service. Before power cycling I did a speedtest:



Power cycled then did the speedtest again:



Strange that my upload went down a little, but it's hard to complain about nearly 33Mbs service!
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drwtsn32 @ 29th Oct 09:23AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Haha, I forgot I had a bittorrent download going (and it was uploading quite a bit). Closed that and re-ran the speedtest:



There's my 2Mbps :)
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gzt7d8 @ 29th Oct 07:00PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Powerboost is non existent as far as I'm concern. I don't see anything until after 10pm at night, big deal most people are heading toward bed by that time.

Any time I have run it I might get anywhere for 2Mb - 5Mb more than my 20Mb service. I've seen many other tests posted that are much higher in speeds.

Greg
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"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
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Poetique @ 30th Oct 12:08AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by gzt7d8 :

Powerboost is non existent as far as I'm concern. I don't see anything until after 10pm at night, big deal most people are heading toward bed by that time.

Any time I have run it I might get anywhere for 2Mb - 5Mb more than my 20Mb service. I've seen many other tests posted that are much higher in speeds.

Greg
Eh... anything helps doesn't it?

Though I'd gladly trade my power boost for the rest of my friggin upload speed...

My connection is stable enough to support 35 MBPS downstream... GREAT! Now why the hell can't I get my other .15 upstream exactly? o.O
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gzt7d8 @ 30th Oct 09:33AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by Poetique :

said by gzt7d8 :

Greg
Eh... anything helps doesn't it?

Though I'd gladly trade my power boost for the rest of my friggin upload speed...

My connection is stable enough to support 35 MBPS downstream... GREAT! Now why the hell can't I get my other .15 upstream exactly? o.O
I suppose I shouldn't look a gift horse in the mouth but what irritates me is that Powerboost is only evident with me in the non-prime time hours. My speed tests are in the mid-15's during prime time lately and Charter just did a new drop at my home about 2 months ago. Can't figure that out. I've seen my others posts tests the appear to be significant improvements during prime time hours.

Greg
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"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
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Poetique @ 30th Oct 12:08PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Hmm... if you're in a big neighborhood they're probably trying to serve too many people.

Even if they did do a new drop, if they're trying to have too many people on one node, powerboost couldn't possible help you much. Especially if you have alot of downloaders/torrenters in your area.

my powerboost is kinda unsteady... it ranges from adding 10-25 additional MBPS. During peak hours, it's usually 10-15 MBPS, which is a sizeable loss but, obviously it's still got enough oomph to be a big help occasionally.

I'd tell you to call charter but... all they'll say is "As long as you're getting beyond your advertised speed, PowerBoost is functioning fine" or something along the lines of that lol.
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Bobs16 @ 30th Oct 02:16PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Does anyone know for sure if PowerBoost is not compatible through a USB network adapter?

I recently built a computer for someone with Windows 7 and was getting test speeds up to 30Megs amazed I switched back to my PC and was getting the standard 5megs. Only thing different is I am forced to use a usb network adapter because of driver issues with the version of XP I have.
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gimlet420 @ 30th Oct 04:14PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I've been having problems with my modem keeping sync for the last two or three weeks. The other day I got an email saying that I now have PowerBoost. I had already been getting 2Mb uploads but 10Mb down (on 10/1 service), and after unplugging my modem as mentioned in the email, my speedtests are still only pegging at 10/2. This is in Madison, WI. Not sure if anyone else in my area is seeing any evidence of PowerBoost, or experiencing when your modem is losing sync for short periods of time, but I'm left to wonder if my trouble is tied to the attempted launch of PowerBoost in my area.
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gzt7d8 @ 30th Oct 07:40PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

That's what is so odd, Poetique. I don't live in an big neighborhood, I actually live a mile north of a city of 5000 people but Comcast serves the city, Charter has the rural area.

I won't get too hung up on it, it's that I see the big numbers from others and wonder why I can't get much more that 17-19 with Powerboost kicking in.

thanks,
Greg
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"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
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Poetique @ 31st Oct 05:31AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by gzt7d8 :

That's what is so odd, Poetique. I don't live in an big neighborhood, I actually live a mile north of a city of 5000 people but Comcast serves the city, Charter has the rural area.

I won't get too hung up on it, it's that I see the big numbers from others and wonder why I can't get much more that 17-19 with Powerboost kicking in.

thanks,
Greg
Yeah that's very strange indeed... perhaps they havn't finished deploying it fully in your area... give it a month and see if it gets better.
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mrkazador @ 1st Nov 01:46PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Well this is weird... Now powerboost is not working. I tried rebooting the modem and nothing. I have 10/2 btw.



Here is the thread where powerboost was working for me.
»Automatically upgraded to 20/2 today CA 91755 - AWESOME
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IcEr3K @ 1st Nov 04:04PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

same here... Monrovia, CA powerboost gone.


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geierr @ 1st Nov 06:42PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Powerboost is still working here in Yakima.


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anon @ 2nd Nov 03:11AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

I've also noticed Speedboost has been gone for the past few days:



Monterey Park, CA
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apply17 @ 2nd Nov 04:57AM:
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Spense626 @ 5th Nov 10:05PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

powerboost was working great for a few days but seems gone this past week here in San Gabriel (91775)



You might say "your getting 21 megs thats powerboost" but those are speeds ive been seeing for the past 3-4 months, not complaining just giving an update.
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Slagathor @ 6th Nov 08:43AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Powerboost, I hate it, my downloads speed up and slow down constantly, well below my rated speed.
I have 10/1 package, my upload is steady.

No way to shut off PB????


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Rooke @ 6th Nov 10:04PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Power Boost has been erratic for me at best. I wish they'd either turn it off or fix it. I'm on the 5/.5 plan. I never know when things will slow to a crawl, and depending on which speed test I use, the results are all over the place. Charter's speed test usually shows between 2.1/.5 and 7.1/1.1 - at night, usually on the low end.

Tonight I get:

SpeedGuide.net:
« SpeedGuide.net Speed Test Results »
5323 kbps down (~5.32 Mbps, 650 KB/s)↓
1057 kbps up (~1.06 Mbps, 129 KB/s)↑
5120 KB downloaded in 7.88 seconds
2048 KB uploaded in 15.871 seconds
Tested on: 2009.11.06 21:45 EST
Tested from: hostgo.com
Test Link: »www.speedguide.net/speedtest/res···=2658377
Provider: mdfd.or.charter.com
Location: Redding, CA, US

And,


And yet Charter's test showed 2.1/1.

So I'm not sure what I'm getting but it's erratic.
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gzt7d8 @ 7th Nov 09:18AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by Rooke :

Power Boost has been erratic for me at best. I wish they'd either turn it off or fix it.
I have the same situation. Most of the time it doesn't seem to be on, at least in my opinion.

Greg
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"It's not the strongest of the species that survive, nor the most intelligent, but the one most responsive to change." Charles Darwin
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badboy54166 @ 7th Nov 04:40PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Question does it really pay to have the Max speed when I'm getting 25.00 added to the bill every month?

anyway to bundle max internet + basic cable + digital HD premium movie channels?
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Rooke @ 11th Nov 09:39PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Charter seems to have smoothed out their load balancing...

For a 5/.5 plan this isn't bad for a night test compared to what I was getting last week:



I'm a happy camper now. :)
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BF69 @ 11th Nov 10:49PM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

said by Rooke :

Charter seems to have smoothed out their load balancing...

For a 5/.5 plan this isn't bad for a night test compared to what I was getting last week:



I'm a happy camper now. :)
Charter up increased the upload on the 5 Meg tier to 1 Mbps back in Spetmeber. Powerboost only affect downloads
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Da_G @ 12th Nov 02:58AM:
Re: [HSI] PowerBoost + Doubled Upload Speeds

Count me in as another person that powerboost has stopped affecting, probably for about a week or so now, I was getting speeds up to 30mbps download for a period of time with powerboost, but now it's back to normal. I don't see powerboost kicking in at any time.


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