Probably
Honestly? Your plan is fine. The modern web is heavy.
Modern websites are heavy. A 'Wirecutter article' page is now ~4 MB of JavaScript and images. A 25 Mbps connection that felt fast in 2019 feels sluggish loading 2026's web, even when it's working perfectly.
Try this first · Free
Install uBlock Origin
It's free. Page loads on news and shopping sites often improve 3–5×. This is the cheapest internet upgrade most people never make.
If that doesn't fix it
Upgrade your plan tier
Moving from 100 to 300 Mbps will feel dramatically faster on heavy pages — even when you're not 'using' more bandwidth in the technical sense.
Fiber would help here · soft
If fiber is available at your address, it's usually better value-per-megabit than cable at the same tier. Worth checking.
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