What does the verbal irony in this text suggest?
While waiting for her search results, Whitney exclaimed, "My Internet connection is as speedy as a snail!"

 - The Internet connection was very slow.
 - The Internet connection was very fast.
The text uses verbal irony, which involves saying one thing but implying something very different.
As speedy as a snail suggests that the Internet connection was very slow. A snail is not speedy, and neither was Whitney's Internet connection.