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You should start by asking them what they did with the $400 billion (as of 9 years ago) in taxes that we have paid them to build out fiber internet. And yes, you're probably STILL paying this tax.
It's just a speed to be able to say your service is "broadband." There's probably more to that with subsidies and whatnot, but it's not an actual hard requirement.