[McG]

I have been with Shaw for a number of years and upgraded last week to this deal. I was on BB50 with a TV package, but this new contract has the same TV, triple the internet speed, and I saved $20 per month for 24 months. Picked up the Hitron at the Shaw office and despite the dude on the phone saying "no bridging available", the dude at the service desk "bridged" while I was standing there.

I have a Netgear Nighthawk router and I have been happy with it so far; however in the bridge with the Hitron I am not hitting anywhere the speeds that everyone else is reporting. I have been travelling so it hasn't been a big deal...but now I want to see if I can get faster.

I plug into the hitron directly and get 178 just like everyone else. so all good there. coming out of the nighthawk though...speeds fall. I ensured the latest firmware/software on the netgear, rebooted, and checked that there were no artificial speed limiters on the router itself.

Here is my question...before I call Shaw because I would like to try to learn this before I get help (I know, I know) but at advertised speeds, does QoS matter? I have it applied on the netgear, but now I am wondering if internal packet discrimination isn't actually impacting my speeds?

Any thoughts most welcomed before I call Shaw!