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Also known as: rate cap, capped speed
A ceiling the provider places on an account's download rate, used to separate cheaper tiers from full-speed plans. Caps are expressed in megabits per second and enforced at the server, so no client setting works around them. Uncapped plans deliver whatever the line and connection count allow; a capped plan of 20 Mbit will not exceed roughly 2.5 MB per second.
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