That's interesting Boodymantroy ... I used to wonder why overnight was so much worse, not just for me but for everyone new to maxdsl when it first came out! It's not a problem now, although overall I'd say there are probably more overnight disconnects than daytime, but not enough to pay any attention to. I'd always thought it was for the same kind of reason speeds drop at night, ie overuse of contended bandwidth or whatever.

Just a small point - are connections inherently flakier then in the winter? When the copper must be in a fairly contracted state all the time?