There is no firm date. The article above was from over 2 weeks ago, Yoshi made a post last week saying:
Though there is still some work to be done, we hope to bring you an announcement regarding the availability of World transfers in the very near future.
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...54#post1247254

Very near future is not specific. He also said announcement, not necessarily the commencing of, so all this means that yes, transfers could happen this month- or as the article said, possibly in Nov/Dec. The longer they wait, the more some people will give up and move on. It is on their radar, they are working on as Yoshi said in his post, but when it will happen has yet to be set.