NTT nodes are gargling balls with my network traffic on the way to the FFXIV servers in California and FFXI servers in Japan. Ironically, I quit FFXIV a year ago for this very reason and came back to FFXI to get a more "responsive" experience--yes, it was (and is again) that bad. What I'm trying to say is, NTT is conspiring to keep me from giving Square-Enix any more money.
XI:
Code
Tracing route to ffxi00.pol.com [124.150.154.122]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms http://www.routerlogin.com [192.168.1.1]
2 9 ms 9 ms 9 ms 96.120.84.197
3 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms ae-224-rur101.sacramento.ca.ccal.comcast.net [68.87.221.189]
4 9 ms 9 ms 24 ms ae-2-ar01.sacramento.ca.ccal.comcast.net [162.151.18.133]
5 16 ms 23 ms 13 ms be-33667-cr01.9greatoaks.ca.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.93.25]
6 15 ms 12 ms 13 ms be-12578-pe04.9greatoaks.ca.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.88.18]
7 128 ms 130 ms 124 ms ae-13.a02.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.66.33]
8 244 ms 235 ms 242 ms ae-9.r01.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.2]
9 * 128 ms 126 ms ae-10.r23.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.3.174]
10 * 233 ms 244 ms ae-21.r30.tokyjp05.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.5.77]
11 130 ms 128 ms 136 ms ae-2.r01.tokyjp08.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.6.131]
12 237 ms 231 ms 234 ms ae-1.a00.tokyjp08.jp.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.6.105]
13 227 ms 230 ms 232 ms xe-0-0-8-1.a00.tokyjp08.jp.ce.gin.ntt.net [203.105.72.174]
14 237 ms 227 ms 232 ms 219.117.144.66
15 119 ms 119 ms 118 ms 219.117.144.53
16 130 ms 128 ms 128 ms 219.117.146.141
17 116 ms 118 ms 116 ms 219.117.146.186
18 122 ms 122 ms 123 ms 124.150.154.122
Trace complete.
XIV:
Code
Tracing route to 204.2.229.10 over a maximum of 30 hops
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms http://www.routerlogin.com [192.168.1.1]
2 10 ms 9 ms 10 ms 96.120.84.197
3 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms ae-224-rur101.sacramento.ca.ccal.comcast.net [68.87.221.189]
4 13 ms 18 ms 18 ms ae-2-ar01.sacramento.ca.ccal.comcast.net [162.151.18.133]
5 15 ms 14 ms 15 ms be-33667-cr01.9greatoaks.ca.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.93.25]
6 13 ms 13 ms 14 ms be-12578-pe04.9greatoaks.ca.ibone.comcast.net [68.86.88.18]
7 134 ms 134 ms 134 ms ae-13.a02.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.66.33]
8 130 ms 137 ms 141 ms ae-9.r01.snjsca04.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.2.2]
9 136 ms 136 ms * ae-4.r00.scrmca02.us.bb.gin.ntt.net [129.250.7.57]
10 139 ms 133 ms 132 ms xe-0-1-0-1-1.r00.scrmca02.us.ce.gin.ntt.net [192.80.16.2]
11 133 ms 134 ms 135 ms 204.2.229.234
12 138 ms 136 ms 134 ms 204.2.229.10
Trace complete.
At this time, I cannot even get the "Play" button to load in POL.