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EU: New State Aid Rules for Broadband Networks

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    bealtine
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058275609/eu-new-state-aid-rules-for-broadband-networks


    Well that seems to put an end to VDSL as "high speed" broadband under most conditions and only fibre deployments are acceptable

    "FTTx refers to different types of networks including fibre to the building (FTTB), fibre to the home (FTTH), fibre to the premises (FTTP) and fibre to the cabinet (FTTC). However, FTTC networks are only able to provide fixed ultrafast services when using, over loops of a certain length, vectoring (technology that improves the performance of VDSL (very high-speed digital subscriber line))."

    See Footnote 23

    Does that mean only vectored VDSL is "acceptable" which would probably mean most VDSL deployments are not considered to be acceptable?

    What are the acceptable line lengths?

    Are "vanilla" (without vectoring) VDSL deployments acceptable or not?

    For cable deployments:

    "At the current stage of development, fibre to the home, fibre to the building and performant cable networks (at least DOCSIS 3.1) are able to deliver 1 Gbps download speed."

    Footnote 7

    Lots of interesting things to consider in this document



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