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That's because they actually can't guarantee speeds. It has nothing to do with throttled connections. Even ISPs that say they will not throttle and have no limits will have that verbiage because they are not going to guarantee a number when there are so many variables with WiFi and customer owned equipment... this verbiage is there mostly to protect some yahoo running a speedtest 100ft away from his AP through 5 walls and calling in for support on it.
Nothing you are talking about is relevant to this discussion of throttling, guaranteeing speeds is completely different and not something I am arguing for. I'm saying if you sell me a 500Mbps connection, and I get those speeds, then you sold me 500/8x60x60x24x30 MB worth of data for a month and I should be able to achieve that if you sold it to me. If you can't handle it then it needs to be clear, up front, there are limits and throttling going on. You can't advertise a plan as being unlimited, and than throttle it. That is bullshit.