I may be mistaken, but player connections aside, isn't the issue that the Comcast/Level 3 issues are affecting /FFXIV/? Not because players are having problems, but XIV is having the internet issues. Combine that with the DDOS attacks and that would explain why you've been fine up until the last few days.

I've (knock on wood) been fine, but lots of folks who normally are fine have been having issues the past few days. That's not XIV, that's their ISP/DDOS issues. If it was XIV, the problems would have been persistent for months. While I do know 1-2 people who have constant issues, they also have terrible internet.

I also could just be reading this whole thread wrong. /shrug