It would be very rare if it were our server, IT is doing some work on the network but nothing that I know of that will effect our servers, it has to be on your end some how. Reset your modem and try going to testmy.net so you can test your connection speed, I am off campus 3 hours away and I maintain a 16-17 ping regularly when I play, originally my ping was 35-40 and that was back when my download speed was over 5 MB, now it is at 3 MB and I have a better connection, go figure, but anyways my point is it is highly unlikely that it is our server, but we will continue to look into it.
