Request for information: ISPs and P2P throttling

[Shori]

- Name of ISP: Virgin Media
- Country of Residence: UK(England)
- When does the problem occur (always, only during specific times?): Between 4pm and 10pm BST (GMT+1) which is UK peak time.
- Reference number from your ISP, if you raised this matter with them: None

^ basicly, as raised during version 1.0 of the game, P2P including many games not just FFXIV get restricted bandwidth, not only during peak times but also if the daily usage exceeds 4gig (or 6gig in some areas of UK) known as the 'fair use' policy. I am thankful that the team are now keeping updates much smaller is size than the previous version. Unfortunately there is nothing that can be done about the peak-time P2P restrictions.

edit: the frequency with which I see the red 'losing connection' icon next to my character's name is far more since the maintenance of Wednesday morning so possibly a server load issue than my ISP.

[DiceLo]

Location: Japan, Okinawa
ISP: NTT/OCN
Always lag spikes

I called and talked to my ISP today and they said they do not have any restrictions for p2p and that they do not throttle or limit my internet speed. They also observed my connection and did not notice any issues. As Final Fantasy is the only game that gives me these issues, I think its safe to say it's something with their servers, not the ISP's of the 100's of people posting here.