Quote Originally Posted by ShadeUK View Post
I find it hard to believe its ISP's more than SE , since most of the people with problems dont have a single issue with anything else, this is the only game that is causing issue for said players. Not a single other game does.
Guessing you didn't look at the TWC forums I linked to earlier. It isn't isolated to just FFXIV. It may not be for you with some services because of the particularly different route you are taking to hit what may be stateside servers (not Canadian based), but for others it has become a problem for services other than FFXIV. In fact, nearly all of what has been reported at TWC hasn't even been specifically for FFXIV--but they have been issues in the same corridors that people are also using to get to SE's servers. There were issues recently reported with XB Live from Pennsylvania. Issues with League of Legends was recently reported from Texas... both those are still on the front page even.

This has gone on repeatedly for quite some time across multiple services. It is regionally based and not server specific--otherwise so many people wouldn't be getting relief by using VPN/Proxy services that are allowing them to bypass the problematic routing to the Ormuco lines. If it were all on SE's end, the problem would persist because that endpoint network is the same regardless of what path they take to get there--VPN or not. Thus, there are issues in route. This doesn't mean SE doesn't have their own issues that need attention--but once those issues are resolved, this routing problem will still persist.

Subscriptions have dramatically increased in the last 6 months or so, and so has the congestion on the restricted path to Montreal. No matter what size bucket you use, if you are still using the same hose to fill it, you are only going to be able to pour water into it at the rate provided by the hose. A bigger funnel or bigger bucket makes no difference---the capacity of the hose is going to restrict you. Pour too much water into the funnel, eventually it may overflow and water is lost. The same thing is happening with these connections. The networks are simply unable to manage the traffic efficiently, and packets/connections are getting delayed to an unacceptable time, or simply dropped. When it is shown to be happening in route before it even gets to Ormuco/SE (which, for the most part, this is true), then it is simply something that the ISP's are responsible for remedying--not SE.