‘very high capacity network’ means either an electronic communications network which consists wholly of optical fibre elements at least up to the distribution point at the serving location, or an electronic communications network which is capable of delivering, under usual peak-time conditions, similar network performance in terms of available downlink and uplink bandwidth, resilience, error-related parameters, and latency and its variation; network performance can be considered similar regardless of whether the end-user experience varies due to the inherently different characteristics of the medium by which the network ultimately connects with the network termination point;
ciallaíonn 'líonra fíor-ardacmhainne' líonra cumarsáide leictreonaí atá comhdhéanta d'eilimintí snáthoptaice go huile ar a laghad suas go dtí an pointe dáilte ag an láthair freastail, nó líonra cumarsáide leictreonaí a bhfuil de chumas aige feidhmíocht líonra chomhchosúil a sholáthar, faoi ghnáthdhálaí buaic-ama, i dtéarmaí an bhandaleithid uasnaisc agus íosnaisc atá ar fáil, athléimneacht, paraiméadair earráidghaolmhara agus aga folaigh agus athruithe san aga sin. Is féidir a mheas gur comhchosúil feidhmíocht líonra is cuma cibé acu a athraíonn nó nach n-athraíonn eispéireas an úsáideora deiridh mar thoradh ar shaintréithe atá éagsúil iontu féin sa mheán trína nascann an líonra ar deireadh thiar le críochphointe an líonra;