Quote Originally Posted by Galibier View Post
Level 3 is indeed the Problem, and maybe SE's CSP. At this point however decent VPNs are actually pretty cheap and I think using them is a good alternative. Level 3 bases their contracts with the ISPs off of the amount of traffic they carry. Access to a VPN, atm, can be less than 10 bucks a month. That's like 2 lattes. It is also one less person using Level 3 nodes. The more people who use them the more Level 3 looses, the less money they can ask for in the next contract... so they are essentially forced to upgrade their nodes. It's how Capitalism works... Competition and right now the only competition with level 3 are VPNs, for the most part. Also SE isn't the only one with this issue... Trion has had it as well thanks to Level 3.
I wish I could bring myself to do it. I like the game, but if SE can't provide me with the service I have paid for, regardless of the reasons why they're unable to provide me with it, then I feel I'm entitled to refunds. I won't open my purse to throw cash at the problem, no matter if it's only 10USD additional a month, because that tells corporations and companies that it's okay to treat their customers the way SE is treating us now and really it's not.