I'm experiencing all of this as well, and I'm also in central US... It's pretty bad, and making the game almost entirely unplayable. EDIT: Also, I'm playing on Mindflayer.
This sounds like a great guild. I'm new to Neverwinter, been testing out the classes and such the last couple days, although on the Mindflayer server. Since I am just now starting my main character, I think I'll go ahead and reroll on the Dragon server then get in touch with you in-game. :)