Why not Dallas? Why one extreme to another?

[Dyvid]

Not necessarily. If you run a tracert to the server IP you'll see that most of the routing is undeniably being done through NTT (SE's partnered company for the new Datacenter).

This is something that a local network/ISP cannot fix.

Well this was part of the problem for many people playing. Before it was routed through Level 3 which many suspect throttle our data. I for one had to use a vpn for years just to play. This was most likely the reason for the move to a company that SE partnered with. I know a lot of people who quit early on from Titan HM simple because of Level 3 lag.