[HSI] Problem with VPN after PowerBoost

[HSI] Problem with VPN after PowerBoost
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TearAbite @ 23rd Oct 07:51PM:
[HSI] Problem with VPN after PowerBoost

Maybe it's just coincidence, but the day that my PowerBoost was activated I started having trouble with the VPN connection to my office which prevents some applications from running properly due to what looks connectivity/connection quality/latency problems.

Does anyone know if/how Powerboost may have caused this, or just coincidence ?
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anon @ 31st Oct 11:50PM:
Re: [HSI] Problem with VPN after PowerBoost

I'm also noticing some oddities. I have their 20Mbit service. I'm upgrading my Linux box -- which the system estimated to take 3 hours... but I appear to be throttled to between 7kbps (yes -- 7) and 20Kbps. My guess is that this is a secondary purpose: give you a speed boost for your Yahoo home page download, and throttle any larger downloads. Just a guess, mind.

After noticing this, I called Charter tonight to ask how I can get rid of speedboost, now that I made the mistake of accepting it. I was told... "well, you can't." So either I had to accept it or -- at some point -- I'd have to cycle the modem and...accept it. Great benefit.
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TearAbite @ 1st Nov 12:09AM:
Re: [HSI] Problem with VPN after PowerBoost

Yah, it's published that PowerBoost only boosts the first few megabytes of the download, then it drops back to your normal rate.
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