I also subscribe to the “hidden” low cost COX high speed internet. They even lied to me when I was downgrading to it.
I asked for them to switch me to the lowest cost internet and the sales lady asked me if I was absolutely certain about it, because it would put me at speeds on par with a dialup 56k modem. I said “this package is 768K down, right?” And she said “Let me verify that…. yes it is”. So I said “that sounds about 13x faster than a dialup 56k modem, go ahead and switch me”.
Also, even the lowest package is sufficient for online gaming. Online gaming uses very minimal bandwidth. It is really just a big marketing ploy.