Poor WAN performance on BT HH5A <--> G.Fast MT992 Modem

What ping times do you get from www.bbc.co.uk ?

Could it be packet loss on Gfast line, or some sort of wired ethernet issue between the MT992 and the HH5a ethernet wan port?

eg. faulty ethernet port on HH5a ?

Do you have a TalkTalk router to connect to the MT992 ?

Try this Windows app for pinging external websites to detect packet loss.
https://sourceforge.net/projects/winmtr/

Provided your IP address doesn't change frequently, this may be useful for detecting packet loss too:
https://www.thinkbroadband.com/broadband/monitoring/quality
(Remember to enable ping on hh5a wan port)