I'm still convinced this is a weather issue, but I think it should be noted that Level3 is responding to tweets about what's going on with FFXIV today, and are saying they will look into whatever is going on. Again, I don't think this is a Level3 issue, but it would be interesting to see what they say. (Other than "DownDetector is not accurate"...even if that statement is true.)

My last tracert (about 15 minutes ago) routed me through Level3 again. Took 18 hops to reach the server...and tons of packet loss along the way. Even with SE's post about most being able to have a "mostly stable connection" now, I still cannot connect to Aether.