Verzion lag issue is still in the building (probably)

[I_Punch_Bees]

I will just say this.

I am on Verizon. I live in PA. I can only play FF14 with WTFast. If not, I DC every 10 minutes.

I can do anything else in any other game. But I can't with FF14.

Verizon says it is not them. That it is FF14 itself.

[Raist]

I will just say this.

I am on Verizon. I live in PA. I can only play FF14 with WTFast. If not, I DC every 10 minutes.

I can do anything else in any other game. But I can't with FF14.

Verizon says it is not them. That it is FF14 itself.

If that were true the VPN wouldn't fix it. The VPN alters how your traffic is routed. Your ISP sets the policies in motion that govern how your packets are handled.

The VPN encrypts the data (potentially bypassing some shaping rules that may be put in place by your ISP and/or their peering partner), and then gives you a means to alter the path your packets take to get to the servers in Montreal. That path is normally managed by your ISP's policies first and then further by their peering partner, but when you tunnel to a different region through a VPN you get a chance to switch off and play by someone else's routing rules.

Another important thing to note also: the servers are in Montreal Canada. Chances are those other services do not face the same routing challenges you have getting specifically to Ormuco's networks in Montreal.

Edit:
It is interesting to see how frequently Verizon keeps pushing the blame to SE, and yet other ISP's have been able to address problems for their customers. It's not just my story with TWC fixing it...but reports have come in from around the world where an ISP found an issue and fixed it. People have also switched ISP's or moved and it got better. Lots of others like you found a VPN fixes it (which quite clearly demonstrates a routing issue).

But for some strange magical reason it just can't possibly be something that Verizon is/isn't doing differently.