I agree! I'm an uber-networking geek and I've been happy with the slowest offered cable modem speeds. Sometimes as cheap as $20-$25/month. I've had 5mb download

I agree! I'm an uber-networking geek and I've been happy with the slowest offered cable modem speeds. Sometimes as cheap as $20-$25/month. I've had 5mb download speeds (1mb up) for a house with two people, watching netflix while we both browsed/youtubed/etc (pfsense with qos rate limiting the chromecast to the resolution and bandwidth that I chose). Being happy with 480/720p helps. I'd rather be able to buy guaranteed minimums from the cable company than have higher "up to" speeds. Like frame relay used to be. Let me buy a 100mb access port with a guaranteed minimum rate for my zoom/voice/whatever traffic, even if that's just a few mb/s. I assume that the cable companies would rather overcharge us for faster higher advertised speeds than commit to guaranteed service levels.