What's causing FiOS users to get so much lag since 2.1?

[Nezacant]

No extra programs will help. People in my FC with actual lag problems get help from Pingzapper and such, but this new problem for FIOS is not related to us. It's on SE's side. We can't do anything but complain and hope they acknowledge us at some point. Bad thing about having the best internet = you're a minority and easily overlooked. So much for being hardcore.

It's getting depressing. People log in for the weekends, needing help with Titan EX and relying on certain others, but those certain others are the ones who randomly freeze mid-fight. This lag is the worst lag in the history of FFXIV, too, because it can't be predicted. There is no way to tell when it's going to hit, but you can be sure that when it does, you'll be knocked out of the arena before landslides even begin casting. Most of my FC is just sitting in town right now, too afraid to do anything.

Our FC is in the same boat. We have a few people with FIOS in the Baltimore area, all of them are having the same issue. Where we could face roll Titan hard mode before, we are lucky to finish now. You can completely forget about Titan EM. VPN services do help however I refuse to pay more for a game I am already subbing while also paying an arm and a leg for a 75/35 internet connection.

[remidi]

Our FC is in the same boat. We have a few people with FIOS in the Baltimore area, all of them are having the same issue. Where we could face roll Titan hard mode before, we are lucky to finish now. You can completely forget about Titan EM. VPN services do help however I refuse to pay more for a game I am already subbing while also paying an arm and a leg for a 75/35 internet connection.

Everyone keeps pointing the finger at FIOS. I've been on the phone with them a couple times now with higher level support and they are being very insistent that they are not throttling the game at all. They are sending me a new modem that we hope will help as I just upgraded to quantum.

[Nezacant]

Everyone keeps pointing the finger at FIOS. I've been on the phone with them a couple times now with higher level support and they are being very insistent that they are not throttling the game at all. They are sending me a new modem that we hope will help as I just upgraded to quantum.

Wasn't really pointing the finger at FIOS. Other than this game I really have had no issues and actually love the service. I'm simply saying that there is an obvious connection with this issue and FIOS customers at the moment. As others have stated here, the issue seems to be with a route FIOS uses to get to the SE servers and it is with a router that is not theirs.