VDSL 2 profile 17a if you're interested.
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Originally Posted by davidthornton
Surely it depends on what "up to" is supposed to signify? I've always considered that it refers to the fact that you will receive varying speeds which may not {always} be the highest but potentially sometimes could be. In that respect, FTTC is the same as any other product because if everyone who had it decided to download huge files simultaneously then nobody would receive the maximum speed. The available bandwidth isn't 40Mbit * # users.
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Distance from cabinet is the decider of speed really. The available bandwidth is at least 15Mbit * # users so even at 80Mbit/s line rate there's zero chance of contention between cabinet and exchange. Anything individual operators want to do to contend further is of course up to them.