A couple of questions about Fibre broadband

[#1]

Download speeds on fibre are quoted as up to 38Mbps for Essentials and up to 78 Mbps for the Unlimited package. If I look in the Product Change for Unlimited, the speed estimate for my line is ~58Mbps, but 40Mbps for Essentials fibre. Is the 40Mbps realistic given that I can only get ~2Mbps on ADSL?
I currently have a TG582n supplied by Plusnet, which has a USB port which I am using to connect a drive shared across all devices on my home network. If I change to Fibre, could I still use this router or would I need a replacement, and if the latter would it also have a working USB port?

[#2]

ADSL speeds have no relation as that's distance to the exchange that affects it rather on fibre it's distance to the cab.
if your estimate is 40 then it's a reasonable expectation that you'll get it.
you'll need a new router and they don't have a working usb port, afaik.

[#3]

They still supply the 582 for fibre, and mine had usb ports (both of them)

[#4]

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If I change to Fibre, could I still use this router

Its possible to configure the TG582n for FTTC using Telnet see here http://community.plus.net/forum/index.php?action=post;quote=914793;topic=106578.32;num_replies=56;se...
I would also assume that it could instead be flashed with the FTTC firmware, would need someone from PlusNet to confirm this...

[#5]

My TG582n was replaced with a fibre TG582n foc when I upgraded to fibre. I quickly replaced it with an Asus RT-N56U because the wireless speed loss with the 582n was dreadful.

[#6]

My fibre was installed 8 days ago, the expected speed was 32Mb, we are getting 38Mb, on adsl we only got 3Mb. I was supplied the fibre TG582n router, it does have a usb port and I have it working sharing a drive on the network.