At first I thought it was my internet because I would be crafting in Windy Waters and constantly d/c. I'm not in a highly populated area.
At the same time, my computer doesn't actually lose connection so I assumed it was server side. Actually, nothing else in my house loses connection. Just FFXI.
Servers have been kind of unstable for past couple months....... Keep in mind they are working from home so minor issues they aren't going to be able to fix at the moment.
That's my understanding too. It totally sucks, but I'm waiting it out until they can finally go back in and fix stuff. I just do small things that won't urk me in case I d/c during it.