Bad lag again with NTT's NA server network

[Jarrod1]

I'm having the same problem as many others here, playing on US servers from the UK.
The only way I found to bypass this whenever this happens is to VPN somewhere within the US.
My normal ping is 144-150ms otherwise when it's fine.

Tracing route to neolobby04.ffxiv.com [204.2.29.7]
over a maximum of 30 hops:

1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms 192.168.1.254
2 6 ms 6 ms 6 ms [Redacted]
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 140.hiper04.sheff.dial.plus.net.uk [195.166.143.140]
5 24 ms 10 ms 16 ms peer7-et-3-1-5.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.252.236]
6 10 ms 10 ms 9 ms 166-49-214-194.gia.bt.net [166.49.214.194]
7 10 ms 12 ms 9 ms 212.119.4.136
8 10 ms 11 ms * ae-0.r21.londen12.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.214]
9 * * 11 ms ae-1.r20.londen12.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.182]
10 * 77 ms 78 ms ae-7.r20.nwrknj03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.6.147]
11 150 ms 80 ms 76 ms ae-0.r21.nwrknj03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.6.17]
12 * 99 ms 98 ms ae-3.r22.chcgil09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.166]
13 100 ms 99 ms 99 ms ae-1.r23.chcgil09.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.27]
14 * 385 ms * ae-1.r24.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.5.17]
15 338 ms 392 ms 336 ms ae-4.a00.scrmca03.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.7.57]
16 343 ms 367 ms 380 ms xe-0-0-5-0.a00.scrmca03.us.ce.gin.ntt.net [128.241.2.18]
17 367 ms * * 204.2.29.241
18 492 ms 511 ms 527 ms 204.2.29.7