I wasn't disagreeing with the parent poster. I was actually just surprised that my speed is as close as it is to the advertised speed. Normally 1 Gbps means som

I wasn't disagreeing with the parent poster. I was actually just surprised that my speed is as close as it is to the advertised speed. Normally 1 Gbps means something more like 600 Mbps. There's a difference here though. The ISP isn't being nefarious if you don't get the advertised speed because they can't control anything outside of their network. The butcher, OTOH, presumably knows how to read a scale and can charge the appropriate price.