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Who's your provider? I've got fiber to the home from centurylink or q or whatever it is now and it's great downloading stuff faster than my wifi can handle. I have to use a wired connection to the router to see the fastest speeds.
I had comcast before this and had speeds "up to" 1Gbps, but in practice it was garbage. I really wanted to pay "up to" my bill based on how good the service actually was.
Also, what's the slowest internet you've ever used? Have you used dial-up or 2g?
It varies widely in my state. Until I moved, I couldn't get anything above 768k DSL, spotty 3 Mbps 4G, or 25 Mbps highly-capped satellite (this was pre-Starlink). I tried all 3 but ended up using a 3G and eventually 4G hotspot until 2019 and managed a few Mbps on average.
I had Optimum (fiber to the node) from 2020 through 2023 and paid for 400/40 and generally got that in practice (even upload). In 2023 I switched to 1 Gbps symmetrical fiber to the home and it's been everything I've always wanted. I think I can get up to 5 Gbps now if I want it, but honestly, I rarely saturate my current one. And it costs about $10 more than I was paying for 400/40.
A good related question for this post would be how reliable is your home internet, and is your provider "Frontier"? lol.