This is something I always wonder about. When I ran speedtest.net, I got 25mb down 3mb up. That's good and all. Then I went to download a game on steam, my speed caps at 2.5 mb. No big deal right? I still have plenty bandwidth left. Nope, this 2.5 mb down completely exhausted all my bandwidth. I can't watch video. I can't play wow. Can't open twitch.

So the question is what is this 25 mb down. Is it just a theoretical value that I can never see? 3mb down is really what I can get for a line that was advertised as 50 mb down