Greetings and a happy New Year.
Not been on here for a while, but thought I'd share an observation.
When we had VDSL, Openreach Chief Executive Office people that came here following my CEO complaint told us there was some kind of interference on our line. They couldn't detect it because it was low but powerful enough to drop a line and cause lots of CRC errors - it was very short impulses/bursts they told us that their equipment wasn't able to pinpoint to a specific location (they tried twice).
I suspected a neighbour's heating boiler because: a) there was one year when the flat had no occupants and there was no interference at all; and b) it happened mainly in the winter or colder days and at specific times (usually 4pm - 12am). My other suspicion was a video sender but wasn't sure in the end, as it'd suggest that someone has a very regular lifestyle watching something at specific times only. In the end, we never got to the bottom of it and we now have FTTP.
However, even though we now have FTTP, I've noticed that our equipment is still affected by the above, whatever it is (by the way, we've excluded everything in our home). Around 4pm, the recording of my Arlo cameras significantly deteriorates to the point that the recordings look as if someone held a powerful magnet to a screen which results in the picture 'trembling', to later improve slightly and to be very good during the day (up until 4pm) in general. Difficult to say what it is but something so powerful that it can affect 2.4GHz WiFi, too, which becomes slower, I've noticed, around that time, as well. It's not congestion on the network in the area! Even though we have FTTP, our Internet is still affected. Thankfully, most devices use 5GHz these days, which appears unaffected.
Whatever it is, it's still out there, causing misery for those that still have VDSL in the area and also affecting those that are on FTTP already by having an impact on the 2.4GHz network. It amazes me at the same time how long faulty appliances can last. We often complain that things aren't made to last these days, but this damn thing is clearly an exception.
Wishing all a REIN-free/SHINE-free happy New Year!
