The question here is not really "is more speed better?" Of course more is better if there were no tradeoffs.

The question this is asking is "what level should the federal government subsidize connections, particularly in rural areas."

25 down, 3 up is plenty for 99.9% of internet users. It's ok to tell people that if they want faster speeds they have to pay for it.

I am in a city with about 40mb down, 5mb up, 3 kids all doing zoom calls/video all day and internet is basically never constrained.