No, not at all. My laptop has a 1Gbit network card, I paid for it, and yet I do not expect to connect to the internet at 1Gbit all the time. Car = equipment, ro

No, not at all. My laptop has a 1Gbit network card, I paid for it, and yet I do not expect to connect to the internet at 1Gbit all the time. Car = equipment, road = ISP connection. This is also the reason why I stated that I, and I think most people, would be OK with ISPs advertising the maximum and minimum speeds. For instance, let's say the ISP has a 10Gbit fiber coming into a neighborhood of 1000 homes. Also, let's say that their modems can do maximum of 100Mbit. So, they can honestly advertise maximum speed of 100Mbit, and minimum speed of 10Mbit. No problem. The problem is, if say Verizon was to honestly advertise their speed capabilities, they would have to advertise 100Kbit speeds on the minimum side. They are consistently, and purposefully lying about their networks capabilities.