Here's Yoshi-P being interviewed on massively saying that server transfers will be in 2-3 months.
http://massively.joystiq.com/2013/09...expanding-fun/

I really don't want to start all over just because our FFXI friends wouldn't listen when I said Excaliber would be full fast and we already had characters....TY SE for no EA for 1.0 preorder players.