Common AWS Issues
Slow/Low Speed Connectivity with EC2
Security Group settings cause this common issue in EC2. In order to communicate with other peers effectively, ZeroTier must be able to accept direct connections from any host on at least UDP port 9993, and also be able to send UDP packets to any host on just about any port. Ensure entries similar to the following are in your Security Group configuration for inbound traffic:
You may need something similar to this in your outbound rules as well if it is anything other than allow all traffic.
AWS Nat Gateway
AWS Nat Gateways put up a Symmetric NAT in front of your EC2 instances. Unfortunately, Symmetric NAT is non-conducive to peer-to-peer traffic of any kind, and will not work well with ZeroTier.