Once I upgraded to FTTC the number of dropouts did correspond more frequently to when my SNR was low and my speed was high – probably too high. Once the line settled to a lower speed after about a week and higher SNR the dropouts decreased in frequency – normal DSLAM malarkey.
Before upgrading from ADSL to FTTC I was very aware that FTTC technology was a lot more sensitive and finicky compared to ADSL and living with dropouts may have to be the norm.

All the above was somewhat expected, but what is still weird is why my ADSL service of 9 years that only ever dropped out once in a blue moon, but come lock-down it went to complete s**t overnight and never returned back to how it was, even after countless OR and Sky investigations. Maybe it’s all a completely massive coincidence, but then hearing many other people also suddenly experiencing the same after lockdown…hmmm what’s really going on OR?

Can ADSL also suffer from cross-talk as well as FTTC? I always thought it was more forgiving and more stable.

It can be even worse then that, I have seen 30mbit loss of sync from a single crosstalker. Its luck of the draw and some things will impact it.

Yes, ADSL can suffer from crosstalk. But as VDSL occupies more frequencies , it has more ability to create and receive crosstalk.

Maybe it’s all a completely massive coincidence, but then hearing many other people also suddenly experiencing the same after lockdown…hmmm what’s really going on OR?

Could you provide some links to show where you are hearing many others saying that ?

Most was over on the Sky Community site, some on KITZ, BT back in 2020… There was this increase in comments following lockdown… I was coming across others with similar unexplainable changes to what used to be solid services. I was running out of patience with my ADSL change of behaviour as no one seemed to be able or willing to address. I upgraded to FTTC out of sheer desperation as my wife and I had to have a stable internet connection.

I was hoping you were going to provide actual links, not just your interpretation of what you saw.

It is, i get it with BT as they only do FTTJunction, and i live on the border of the 'circle' it's available.

In reply to a post by CloakAndDapperTV:

It is, i get it with BT as they only do FTTJunction, and i live on the border of the 'circle' it's available.

Eh?

In reply to a post by Pheasant:

In reply to a post by CloakAndDapperTV:

It is, i get it with BT as they only do FTTJunction, and i live on the border of the 'circle' it's available.

Eh?

My thoughts entirely