Performance and lag...

After much experimentaion .. on 3 existing computers and building 2 additional computers.. and monitoring network.(yes am semi technical and geeky) I am baffled at performance.

scenario.. log in.. start to build all is fine..( does not matter what Sim) random amount of time passes.. and it is not consistent. Packet loss numbers shoot up to 900 plus.. the user and Sim ping can go as 45876 (hightest to date). I stand in utter amazement for 2-5 minutes.. sometime all returns to normal .. sometimes it does not. Looking aat network traffic.. nothing unusal.. all normal as it has always been. * and yes FPS at still screwy...

and it is same on all the pcs.. running xp pro.. and yes service pack 2.. DSL.all the same 265mb vid cards cpus renage from 2.8 to 3.7 Mem is 1 gb..

i am at a total loss for any other ideas. what am i missing here..yes checked for trojans.. and yes running firewalls.. that has not changed.

boggled,
anthea

my boyfriend and I are having this exact problem (myself more than him) which started at the release of 1.6. It's simply ridiculous. I have to sit and wait for the lag to settle before I can move, talk and build again.

I hope this is fixed soon. It's annoying enough for me to find another game to play until its fixed