Quote Originally Posted by Downdrop View Post
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.
SE has even less influence, and more expense than the ISP though. The ISPs and peers like Level 3 are always fighting. Level 3 thinks the ISPs aren't giving them their fair share, the ISPs say "we have the stronger bargaining position suck it up. The amount of money to move the data centers from Montreal would be, in terms of ROI, A LOT more than it would cost Level 3 to upgrade their infrastructure at their choke points. In essence you are blaming SE for not supplying an adequate supply of water when someone else controls the valves between you and your house. Also remember the issue likely would not improve. The load would just get transferred from one city to another and unless Level 3 upgraded there the problem would follow. Not much SE can do about this it seems.