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willystyle · 10-01-2011, 09:21 PM

Alot of misinformation in this thread.

First of all, your broadband connection does not degrade as more nodes/frequency are used in your household; such as, turning on a TV. This is cable, not ADSL.

Second, those of you who are on Broadband 50 and higher. I am assuming that you are using a DOCSIS 3.0 modem, the SMC or Motorola modems supplied by Shaw. You should be getting near your rated broadband speed, regardless of ANYTIME of the day. Provided that you are connecting directly to the modem, and not a router/switch, as the older devices can degrade the quality of your connection. The older "G" and "N" routers (like Linksys WRT54GL, WRT54G, etc.) cannot handle anything more than 35Mbps throughput, so if your bottlenecking around this speed on a Broadband 50 or higher package. It's your router!

Speed should be consistent and never degrade at any time of the day, unless they are performing upgrades/maintenance in your area. With the recent abandonment of analog channels, they've opened up even more bandwidth for Internet speed. So if your Internet is slow with Shaw, most likely its hardware on your side thats bottlenecking your connection.

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willystyle HELP ME PLS!!! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Vancouver Posts: 5,542 Thanked 652 Times in 346 Posts Failed 128 Times in 52 Posts	Alot of misinformation in this thread. First of all, your broadband connection does not degrade as more nodes/frequency are used in your household; such as, turning on a TV. This is cable, not ADSL. Second, those of you who are on Broadband 50 and higher. I am assuming that you are using a DOCSIS 3.0 modem, the SMC or Motorola modems supplied by Shaw. You should be getting near your rated broadband speed, regardless of ANYTIME of the day. Provided that you are connecting directly to the modem, and not a router/switch, as the older devices can degrade the quality of your connection. The older "G" and "N" routers (like Linksys WRT54GL, WRT54G, etc.) cannot handle anything more than 35Mbps throughput, so if your bottlenecking around this speed on a Broadband 50 or higher package. It's your router! Speed should be consistent and never degrade at any time of the day, unless they are performing upgrades/maintenance in your area. With the recent abandonment of analog channels, they've opened up even more bandwidth for Internet speed. So if your Internet is slow with Shaw, most likely its hardware on your side thats bottlenecking your connection.