Edit 17:59:
Please check this thread on the Realm Status forum for updates about this issue:
Realm Issues - Multiple realms
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We are aware that that several realms have a high latency at the moment.

Our technical team is working with a high priority on this. As soon as we have more information we will update this thread. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

The affected realms:
Balnazzar
Bloodfeather
Darksorrow
Defias Brotherhood
Frostwhisper
Genjuros
Haomarush
Hellscream
Laughing Skull
Lightning's Blade
Magtheridon
Neptulon
Nordrassil
Quel'Thalas
Ragnaros
Sylvanas
The Maelstrom
The Venture Co.
Twisting Nether
Vashj

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We have been told that the realms are stabilising. They are still being monitored to further address any instability this might have caused.

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Q u o t e:
Bah! Thanks for letting us know though Ommra. The latency was terrible last week - we had extended maintenance then instead of a rolling restart after which the lag was unplayable. Now extended maintenance again this week and more latency issues?

There is something seriously wrong with Lagsorrow and it's been going on for months on and off. Best of luck to the techs (and keeping my fingers crossed) that they fix it soon.

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They are still working on resolving this issue, but I'm afraid I don't have any updates for you yet.

Hello there Swallow, you missed my reply after that one:
16/05 Latency problems on some realms

This issue is still being looked into, but unfortunately I don't have an ETA.

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Q u o t e:
Thanks Ommra for the information but you'll have to understand a lot of players are getting rather annoyed with the situation. It generally seems to be the same group of servers that take a bashing and, from a Hellscream prespective, the problem has been ongoing with what seems like lots of temp fixes until it becomes unplayable and then crashes. In the last two weeks this has been especially bad and two extended maintenances have seemingly done nothing, ironically after each extended maintenance the realm actually gets worse not better which as you can imagine doesn't make a happy customer.

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I totally understand that you are annoyed, and we are working hard to get the realms back as soon as possible.

Unfortunately I won't be able to update this thread any more this evening, but you can have a look at this thread (on the Realm Status forum) for updates instead:
Realm Issues - Multiple realms