Official response concerning the lag plaguing this game?

[Raist]

It is basically an issue with the peering/transit agreements that aren't providing sufficient throughput to avoid the congestion. More specifically, the ISP's in play not wanting to pony up the resources to upgrade things to offset the massive increases in their customers' usage.

It's less an issue with our bandwidth (the game requires very little bandwidth...an ADSL Lite plan is more then enough, provided latency is low and consistent enough), but it is more an issue of not enough throughput at the exchange points. Google can run all the dark fiber they want, but it does no good when their customers get routed through exchanges with only a few 10Gb cards (or worse, restricted by copper) that creates a massive choking point for their users.

We need to put the pressure on them to upgrade/reconfigure as needed to avoid the congested corridors. They have plenty of ways to remedy these issues...they are just choosing not to spend the necessary resources to do it--even when a partner offers to split the costs.