> Maybe one service is known to optimize for throughput, while another offers slower speeds, but also lower latency for gaming, or something. This isn't just r

> Maybe one service is known to optimize for throughput, while another offers slower speeds, but also lower latency for gaming, or something. This isn't just reserved to UK ISPs, afaik the situation in Germany is kinda similar. Fun tidbit about the monetization of features: When ADSL just became "a thing" it introduced higher latency compared to ISDN. Quickly people figured out that certain ISPs could toggle something on called "fastpath", which would reduce the latency quite a bit if you called the support hotline and asked for it. Took a couple of months until one of the major ISPs (Telekom) started charging 5€ monthly extra for it on the lower speed ADSL tariffs, luckily that stopped being a thing with VDSL.