12-02-2007, 07:59 PM
GGD is right, it's not a flaw, it's a "feature"
"Powerboost gives you some extra oomph so you can send large files faster" Or something like that, says the boy in the commercial. Of course, in the tiny text at the bottom of the ad it says "First 10MB of a file" Yeah, as if that extra speed really makes a difference for someone downloading a whole 10MB. 10MB at 800KB/sec vs 1200KB/sec really isn't a big difference than, say a 5GB file...
Also, as far as I can tell, the upload limit is a bit different. It *seems* to be the first 500KB-1MB of a file.
Also, once you reach that 'limit' for the powerboost 'feature', you connection needs to be idle for several minutes before you can take advantage of it again. Personally, I consider it a big F_U_. It's basically them saying "hey, look what we can do! Do ya like that!? Yeah? Well too damn bad, cause you've reached the limit. Now pay your bill, we just raised the rates!
"Powerboost gives you some extra oomph so you can send large files faster" Or something like that, says the boy in the commercial. Of course, in the tiny text at the bottom of the ad it says "First 10MB of a file" Yeah, as if that extra speed really makes a difference for someone downloading a whole 10MB. 10MB at 800KB/sec vs 1200KB/sec really isn't a big difference than, say a 5GB file...
Also, as far as I can tell, the upload limit is a bit different. It *seems* to be the first 500KB-1MB of a file.
Also, once you reach that 'limit' for the powerboost 'feature', you connection needs to be idle for several minutes before you can take advantage of it again. Personally, I consider it a big F_U_. It's basically them saying "hey, look what we can do! Do ya like that!? Yeah? Well too damn bad, cause you've reached the limit. Now pay your bill, we just raised the rates!