Does anyone have Comcast Powerboost yet?

[Cloud Strife]

A Comcast installer is coming here later today to upgrade our download speed from 4Mb to 6Mb and add Powerboost feature.

What are your thoughts on Powerboost?

 

[Blazin Trav]

An installer is coming to upgrade your speed? All I had to do was powercycle my modem and make sure the one we bought was a DOCSIS 2.0 modem.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Yeah, I thought that was weird too.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Comcast just upgraded our service. I can't find any websites that have high upload speeds though so I can test the new speed.

 

[BKLounger]

I power cycled my network and for the first week it seemed like the speed boost had kicked in, back now my speeds actually seem like they are slower than ever.

 

[Unheard]

http://www.speakeasy.net/speedtest/

 

[KLin]

Are you paying an installation fee?

 

[Cloud Strife]

Originally posted by: KLin
Are you paying an installation fee?

Yes. They charged $19.99 for installation fee. We used to only have internet and no cable TV.

Is a cable TV service required to have high speed internet? Internet is $42.99 plus $9.99 for basic cable 1 package.

 

[Platypus]

I got this for free when they came to fix my cable.. went from 8Mbps to about 16Mbps burst now.

2000KB on cable is pretty sweet.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Damn't! You're not required to have basic cable TV to have 6Mb and powerboost. I guess Comcast will need to come over again and remove the cable TV service. I better not be charged another installation fee.

EDIT: Nevermind. I just talked with a Comcast rep and they said it's cheaper if you have internet ($42.95) with basic cable TV ($9.99) because you get a discount for your internet. Basically, it looks like this:

HSI + Basic cable = $52.94

HSI ONLY = $59.95

 

[Maximus96]

isn't basic cable already included in the line if you have cable internet? you can probably cancel it and still split the basic cable to your tv.

 

[Viper GTS]

Originally posted by: Cloud Strife
Damn't! You're not required to have basic cable TV to have 6Mb and powerboost. I guess Comcast will need to come over again and remove the cable TV service. I better not be charged another installation fee.

It was actually cheaper for me to get basic + internet, you might want to check pricing before you have them do that.

And yes, I've been seeing 16 meg bursts for months now.

Viper GTS

 

[Cloud Strife]

DAMN! How long have they had the $9.99 basic cable service? I've been paying $57.95 for internet only for the past 2 years. :shocked:

 

[Cloud Strife]

Besides bandwidth testing sites, I can't really find any web servers with fast upload speeds. Maybe I'll test with bit torrent.

 

[Jassi]

Originally posted by: Platypus
I got this for free when they came to fix my cable.. went from 8Mbps to about 16Mbps burst now.

2000KB on cable is pretty sweet.

Do you really get to use that speed? For how long? For what aps?

I just cancelled Comcast to switch over to SBC DSL and I didn't notice any gains from the Powerboost feature.

 

[Cloud Strife]

Originally posted by: Jassi

Originally posted by: Platypus
I got this for free when they came to fix my cable.. went from 8Mbps to about 16Mbps burst now.

2000KB on cable is pretty sweet.

Do you really get to use that speed? For how long? For what aps?

I just cancelled Comcast to switch over to SBC DSL and I didn't notice any gains from the Powerboost feature.

Powerboost only works when the file is greater than 10MB. It's a useless feature for daily web surfing. It's awesome for downloads though. (BitTorrent )

However, you're usually limited by the server's upload speeds, at least that's in my experience so far.

 

[Reckoner]

Damn, Cloud Strife is racking up on posts

 

[SVT Cobra]

Oh, so I guess I have been getting them to. I have seen up to 16mb bursts in downloads etc, and just thought it was screwy.


BTW, what is power cycling? Unplugging and replugging your modem?

 

[Dulanic]

Ya it works, have had it for a while, it works best on larger files, so speed tests don't show the full capability... but...

Last Result:
Download Speed: 11288 kbps (1411 KB/sec transfer rate)
Upload Speed: 357 kbps (44.6 KB/sec transfer rate)

 

[Blazin Trav]

BTW, what is power cycling? Unplugging and replugging your modem?

Yes. That is what it is.