Re: Latency and disconnection issues
Just wanted to follow up on this. I tried using wtfast and it seemed to improve the connection and lag issues, but I was only able to get a 3 day trial so didn't get to confirm that. I think it routed my path to the star forge server around Level3.net which helped, although there were still minor periodic lag spikes. I agree that this is probably due to using a shared internet connection during peak hours and it's just going to be a limitation of the network no matter if I use a vpn/gpn. So I will probably just need to live with it and subscribe to wtfast, or pay for a dedicated cable/dsl connection. Here is a report from wtfast - I couldn't find where it indicates whether or not there was an improvement, so I was just relying on my impression of in-game performance.
Thanks again to proxos for your help!
