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It's hard to be critical of your dad for this. If you told me that for only $10 extra per month, I could increase my download speed from a mere 250 Mbps to 6.25

It's hard to be critical of your dad for this. If you told me that for only $10 extra per month, I could increase my download speed from a mere 250 Mbps to 6.25 GIGABITS per second, well of course I would sit up and take notice. Who wouldn't? (While they are at it, do you think they could boost my 90 Mbps connection to 2.25 Gbps? I have $10/month burning a hole in my pocket!)

Wowfunhappy 8y ago
...well, a counterargument would be, if you never do anything that requires such fast speeds, the extra $10 per month isn’t worthwhile regardless of the percent increase. By extension, if the customer increased their speed and didn’t notice a difference, than either the speed is the same OR the extra speed was never needed to begin with. Mind you, none of this excuses Comcast! Also, the placebo effect is powerful. I recall a time my father upgraded his internet plan, and then marveled at how much “faster” Google Chrome’s new tab page opened...