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Originally Posted by General Maximus
the main as far as I am concerned is that shub2 will bond to a maximum of 8 downstream channels and shub3 will bond to a maximum of 16 (it depends what the bonding group size is locally). And if you don't understand what that means, it means there is more juice available to you and you are more likely to achieve max speed if you are on a higher tier.
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Originally Posted by Ignitionnet
The SH3 is a 24 downstreams, 8 upstreams device.
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Just to follow this up: The SH3 being capable of 24 channels and most people seeing 16 (twice the 8 of the SH2)
sounds good in theory, but the reality has been somewhat...lacking. From my own personal experience and the experience of others on here and in the trialist forum, what seems to happen is you either get full speed in areas with no congestion (i.e. same as the SH/SH2) or marginally
worse performance in areas with congestion.
If you're thinking of getting a SH3 just to help with the congestion in your area, don't bother, it seems to make little difference and can actually be worse. The only benefit of having a SH3 will be a clear path to the next speed tier without requiring a new device or engineer visit - and who knows when that will be.