Gigabit internet issue

[Tourm]

I'm currently on the Virgin M350 package and was looking at their website regarding 1Gig.
Then noticed that the supplied router (Hub 4) is supplied with 4 gigabit ethernet ports.

https://www.cable.co.uk/providers/virgin-media/routers/#features

Virgin Media Hub 4
The Virgin Media Hub 4 normally comes with its Gig1 broadband package. Gig1 is its superbly fast 1Gbps service. A significant improvement on the Hub 3...<snip>

• Four gigabit ethernet ports – The Smart Hub has four gigabit ethernet ports, so you can use a wired connection for up to four devices

Which got me thinking - theoretically, yes the port has a 1gig limit, but in the real world wouldn't in cap at between 900-960 Mbps?

...which then creates more questions;

• It's hardly future proofing the router for increased speeds and seems short-sighted;
• Marketing blurb has it showing an estimated speed of 1120-1140 Mbps.

So you're losing around 200 Mbps that you're paying for, purely because of the gigabit ports?!

(I understand that people should be happy with such a fast connection, but that's not the point!)

 

[Caged]

Plug more than one device in, you get about 550Mbps to each one. They are delivering what they claim to, and 2.5Gb ports are still too expensive to be bundled in your home router.