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Europeans aren't getting the broadband speeds they pay for, the European Commission saidnWednesday. An EC study on fixed broadband performance found that, on average, users receive onlyn74 percent of the advertised speeds they sign up for. Key findings included: (1) Cable has the most reliablendownload speeds. (2) In absolute terms, the average download speeds across all EU countries andnall technologies was 19.47 Mbps in peak hours, with fiber-to-the-home reaching the fastest speeds atnaround 41 Mbps. Cable came next, at just over 33 Mbps, with xDSL lagging way behind at an averagenspeed of 7.2 Mbps. (3) Upload speeds, however, are closer to their advertised speeds, with the averagenspeed across Europe at 6.2 Mbps, which represents 88 percent of advertised upload speeds. Again, fibernservices had the highest speeds, at almost 19 Mbps, with DSL at 0.69 Mbps. The results were based onnpeak-time performance, defined as weekdays from 7-11 p.m., the EC said. The study will run until thenend of 2014 with two more annual measurements planned, and the EC wants volunteers to measure theirnISPs' performance via a device plugged into their home Internet connections. The study was the first onnbroadband performance that covered all EU members, including Croatia, which joins July 1, and Norwaynand Iceland, the EC said. The results should make cable customers happy, said Cable Europe.nWith average peak download speeds of 33 Mbps across Europe, cable users are in good shape well beforenthe EC digital agenda goal of ensuring 30 Mbps for all citizens by 2020, said Cable Europe ExecutivenChairman Matthias Kurth.