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Fiber internet delivers a fraction of advertised speeds

Customers paying for high-speed fiber internet receive actual download speeds far below the advertised rate, sometimes in single digits. The gap between marketed and delivered performance is significant enough to affect daily use. Recourse options through the ISP are ineffective and regulatory enforcement is slow.

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