"For the last 2 years, bonus and unthrottled speeds have been near 25mbps. When testing my setup yesterday, I saw they were at my historically throttled 2mbps, not surprising as I reached my limit. This is where my confusion comes in. How is this an increase to speeds even after reaching data limit as per announcement?" HN can increase the throttled speeds -- but they can't change congestion, that is, the number of people on the network at the same time. Congestion reduces speeds. If the speeds are, say, 25Mbps, and you add more people to the mix, the speeds will reduce, because more people are using the system and slowing the speeds down, the same way that too many drivers on the freeway slow down everyone's speed, even though the speed limit is 70mph. You are experiencing slower speeds because there is congestion. There is now more congestion than you have experienced for the past two years, because there are now more people at home, like yourself, using the HN network. You will have to tell your employers that speed, for you, will not be guaranteed at all and in fact may get even worse than you are experiencing now.
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