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Why your internet slows down at peak hours

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Paying for premium gigabit connectivity heavily implies a flawless, uninterrupted pipeline of endless bandwidth. During prime evening viewing hours, your benevolent provider will secretly choke off your speed to violently prevent the entire neighborhood from crashing the local network. You are heavily paying for a theoretical maximum speed that they actively prevent you from reaching.

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