Standardisation of technology with the DOCSIS 3.1 model is certainly a benefit, however it will be market forces determining what speeds will be available across the EU footprint. As has been said before, there is little value in providing the maximum amount of available bandwidth across the entire footprint - better to roll it out in stages depending on the local country competition.
For example: VM (UK) have now started to roll out an up to 200Mbps service. Should BT suddenly wake up and try and follow in a couple of years time, VM, along with it's roll out of the 3.1 standard could simply raise the bar a little bit higher. Better that than showing its cards too soon.
3.1 could effectively rationalise customer equipment right across the LG footprint, and who knows, we may even move from Tivo to the LG equivalent, Horizon - a far superior box both in build and software as can be seen by what's being offered by VM Ireland.
In the spirit of this thread, yes, welcome Ireland
