[Data Center USA] Ping increased. Report your changes here.

[Cherie]

The amazing thing to me is that people seem to think they can change where the server is going, just 4 hours before it goes live, by just complaining on the NA forums...

Regardless of how good or bad the new location might be, that's pretty naive...

[Ryuko]

ping neolobby02.ffxiv.com

Average: 78ms from NYC (Verizon Fios)

[NateR]

From CO to Montreal, I was getting 213-240ms. Yeah, it routes me through Dallas, but now I'm getting a consistent 92ms with 0 packet loss. I can live with it.

[Vespar]

Well I am super happy!

Pinging neolobby04.ffxiv.com [204.2.229.10] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 204.2.229.10: bytes=32 time=59ms TTL=52
Reply from 204.2.229.10: bytes=32 time=36ms TTL=52
Reply from 204.2.229.10: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=52
Reply from 204.2.229.10: bytes=32 time=40ms TTL=52

Ping statistics for 204.2.229.10:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 36ms, Maximum = 59ms, Average = 43ms

[Sida]

Pinging neolobby02.ffxiv.com [204.2.229.9] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=197ms TTL=53
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=196ms TTL=53
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=196ms TTL=53
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=196ms TTL=53

Ping statistics for 204.2.229.9:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 196ms, Maximum = 197ms, Average = 196ms

I get that from Finland. Is East Coast really worse?

[Makeda]

Apparently to get from Colorado to Sacramento my ISP takes me through Dallas, Texas.

I think my pings are actually worse to this new data center, even though I physically live closer.

There's a minor tech hub in Dallas. Otherwise technology in North America is basically Silicon Valley / San Francisco, Seattle, Montreal, and Guadalajara. Back 'in the day' also the area north of Boston (used to have a lot of Robotics and Semiconductor before the dot-com era, not sure how it has faired since).

If you want to put a server near workers that will have the skills to maintain it - you put it in one of those places.

Couple other places in Mexico are on the rise too - especially as current US policies are chasing skilled non-US labor out of the US. Montreal is heavily game focused, though I have friends in '3D animation for movies' that have recently relocated to there so it might be trying to gain ground as well at the expense of current US policy.

[dlgc]

I am in Edmonton and yet my ping is only 97ms o.o

Cheers,
D.

[MJ01118]

Well here in MA i went from a 32ms ping to this:

Pinging neolobby02.ffxiv.com [204.2.229.9] with 32 bytes of data:
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=97ms TTL=49
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=49
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=98ms TTL=49
Reply from 204.2.229.9: bytes=32 time=96ms TTL=49

Ping statistics for 204.2.229.9:
Packets: Sent = 4, Received = 4, Lost = 0 (0% loss),
Approximate round trip times in milli-seconds:
Minimum = 96ms, Maximum = 98ms, Average = 96ms

I definitely am disappointed, prolly won't stop me from playing.

[Lexia]

I'm at around 84ms from Eastern Michigan.

[TheLastDream]

Pinging neolobby02.ffxiv.com getting 18-20ms