Bad lag again with NTT's NA server network

[Elizara]

Okay, was just checking..

Couple nasty spikes right now on Pingplotter but generally okay. Hopefully they're still working on it.

[ArcadiaP]

Another day, another infestation of trash. Unusable connection.

[Elizara]

Yeah the lag has started up again earlier than yesterday. Let's hope tho. I don't like playing around like this. ^^

[Rekts]

Yeah the lag has started again. Of course another day of unplayable latency.

I don't know if I remember how to play without lag at this point.

[Elizara]

With me, I just don't when it's lagging. Neko's still doing Zelda..Please, let's hope this gets fixed.

For a joke, I asked on the CurseTheYagudo discord for everyone who isn't lagging to throw sharp pointy objects at AT&T and NTT (they knew I was half joking) until this fixes itself. ^^ We all gotta put the pressure on you know?

[radhaz]

I've been using Cloudflare Warp for the last couple of days. It has made my experience almost lag-free.
It's free, easy to configure and uninstalls easily.

[Lahtori]

Day 14 of latency and packet loss. I never expected this issue to resolve quickly, but I expected it to be solved within a week. Now it's been 2. Shame on all parties. No additional news from SE for a few days too.

[Uno_Amaretto]

From a new thread on Reddit, NTT replied to someone:

"Reviewing the information provided the source of the packet loss is likely due to an AT&T and NTT congested peering point. While there were no issues present in the traceroute provided, I can see that the return path for your traffic would likely be traversing a known congestion point in LA where throughout most of the day you would be experiencing packet loss for this source/destination combination. Unfortunately the issue you are experiencing is not technical in nature but instead more political. Both AT&T and NTT are aware of the situation however due to NDA's we are unable to discuss specifics as to when an increase in peering capacity would be initiated. This issue has already been escalated to the highest technical levels within NTT to helpalleviate the congestion as much as possible however we're unable overcome the root of the issue which is a lack of capacity.Due to NDA, we can't disclose any specifics. However, we have been taking and will continue to take technical steps to remedy the situation to the extent possible at our side."

[Elizara]

I guess we really gotta put pressure on AT&T then, make sure you call this a PEERING ISSUE. Otherwise you're liable to get the runaround. I'm still chicken about calling them due to the brother that works from home; EVERY TIME I've done that they've tried resetting our router or other nastiness that'd get me pounded in short order so I've been using the strat of waiting this out.

If I'm going to call their tech support, it'd better be about more than one game.

Also Lahorti; That's also working for me again BUT that doesn't help my brother, so I'm keeping a eye on this thread to find out when we DON'T have to use VPNs and things like Cloudflare Warp. As I said earlier in the thread; Most console players are up a creek without a paddle with this if you are just using AT&T's supplied gateway! (WHICH. WE. ARE. That is one of the hazards of Uverse.)

One solution would be to move my pc out of my bedroom so he could use that to play but..we don't have any other place to put it at this time, and that kinda defeats the purpose of having two DIFFERENT accounts. And we're kinda on the poor side right now due to convention season and the fact that DON BLUTH was at Momocon. (Autographs are not cheap!) So building him a pc is not in the offing for months, and mine needs a rebuild as it is.

[Its_Elodie]

I’ve been lurking this thread for two weeks. I’ve been playing XIV since the launch of ARR with a DSL connection and up until a few years ago an AT&T fiber connection. This rubberbanding and latency is objectively WORSE than playing on a DSL line. CC is unplayable, normal raids are unplayable, my crafting macros are unusable and for the first time since coil I had to have one of my raid mates craft my gear for me this tier. My house and static are the only reasons I continue to stay subscribed. The lack of transparency is ridiculous too. No, SE, this won’t blow over, and we will keep this thread bumped and on the front page until this issue is fully addressed.