Super nerd alert:
I usually would consider myself pretty tech savvy, but was confused why my internet was supposed to be 50 "mbps", verified it was topping out at 45 per SpeedTest, but I was only downloading files at 5 or 6 "MBps". I thought my internet was just slow or AT&T was gypping me.
Just noticed I've never realized the slight difference between the acronyms Mbps (megabits) and MBps (megabytes). When you are sold on internet speed by an ISP, they are mentioning megaBITS per second. But most of us think in file sizes, such as a 500 megaBYTE video file. You'd think with 40-50 mbps internet, you could download that in 10 or 12 seconds, but then it takes a minute and a half. There are 8 bits in a byte, so if you have 40 mbps internet, that's really only 5 megaBYTES per second of downloading ability. Feels a little misleading now to the average consumer, but I also remember the days of dial up and taking 1 minute for a text-only webpage to load, so I'm not complaining either.