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[Hestzhyen]

That is reality for the US ISPs. Square Enix should have known this. The reality is that the ISPs give less of a crap than Square Enix does, and that's pretty sad.

And no amount of equipment is going to change this. So thus, I place all blame on Square Enix at this time for their ridiculous decision.

I don't blame them at all for upgrading the servers. We're going to be seeing the benefits very soon with Stormblood. More capacity and power is not a bad thing at all.

I do not agree, however, with the radio silence about where the new servers will be until we find out for ourselves. They could have avoided a lot of panic and ill-will by disclosing the state or general area in the initial announcement. However, we will have to wait and see. The quality of the new hardware and the infrastructure immediately surrounding it could well outweigh the increased distance for many people.