I have uninstalled and re-installed with no joy, tried a few other suggestions again with no joy.
Hope this gets sorted soon otherwise my next option is to talk to the wife xD
I am comforted by this announcement. I love this game, playing everyday. So I hope the solution is quick.
Crack on Cryptic/STO!
PS thanks for all the new developments in season 7
Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\NASYROSITY>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [**********]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 32 ms 25 ms 29 ms cpe-72-181-224-1.tx.res.rr.com [72.181.224.1]
2 10 ms 12 ms 12 ms tge7-2.dllatx36-er02.texas.rr.com [70.125.219.57
]
3 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms tge0-8-0-7.dllatx34-tr02.texas.rr.com [24.175.38
.96]
4 42 ms 23 ms 24 ms agg23.dllatx10-cr02.texas.rr.com [24.175.36.232]
5 21 ms 39 ms 55 ms agg21.hstntxl3-cr01.texas.rr.com [24.175.49.8]
6 45 ms 24 ms 23 ms ae-4-0.cr0.hou30.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.54]
7 26 ms 24 ms 23 ms ae-0-0.cr0.dfw10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.39]
8 17 ms 19 ms 40 ms 107.14.17.232
9 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms te0-7-0-15.ccr21.dfw03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.5
4.11.49]
10 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms te0-1-0-3.ccr21.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.7.37]
11 29 ms 32 ms 28 ms te0-3-0-6.ccr21.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.46.201]
12 63 ms 50 ms 86 ms te0-2-0-3.ccr21.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.7.186]
13 68 ms 67 ms 69 ms te0-3-0-6.ccr22.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.43.198]
14 68 ms 71 ms 68 ms te4-2.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.25
4]
15 * 105 ms * 38.111.40.114
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * 74 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
was playing fine last night today keeps saying trying to connect to launcher
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 11 ms 8 ms 5 ms 10.28.48.1
2 12 ms 12 ms 11 ms 173-219-244-82-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219.
244.82]
3 34 ms 36 ms 36 ms cdm-**-**-**-*.lfkn.suddenlink.net [**.**.**.*]
4 33 ms 33 ms 41 ms 66-76-232-37.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.37]
5 85 ms 248 ms 253 ms 64.211.195.189
6 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms cogent-1.ar3.CHI2.gblx.net [64.212.107.74]
7 32 ms 31 ms 33 ms te0-4-0-1.ccr21.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.25.65]
8 64 ms 63 ms 63 ms te0-2-0-2.ccr22.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.43.194]
9 62 ms 63 ms 64 ms te4-2.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.25
4]
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * 72 ms 208.95.185.41
The patch server/launch server is fine, it's NOT there.. People can patch and launch, it's a problem with the network, mostly from broadband networks - lesser "deemed" bandwidth networks seem to also be fine, this points to a load balancing routing issue. Which is likely located at their ISP's (for efficiency).
if this is the case then why can i update any steam game i have and patch at 2.5MB/S ? , sto is the only game i have problems with launching :rolleyes:
As someone already posted, a working solution is to use mobile tethering and your phone's 3G connection if you can. Once you get past the launcher you can enter the game, then switch back to your previous connection and play. Worked for me .
if this is the case then why can i update any steam game i have and patch at 2.5MB/S ? , sto is the only game i have problems with launching :rolleyes:
Because the patching mechanism is NOT steam based.
As someone already posted, a working solution is to use mobile tethering and your phone's 3G connection if you can. Once you get past the launcher you can enter the game, then switch back to your previous connection and play. Worked for me .
not an option for me seeing as my mobile is an old brick
It's not the update server, or everyone - even those that use mobile networks would have the same issue. My conjecture is: it's an upstream load balancer.
aye, whatever is doing traffic-shaping has fallen over
Would a screendump of my PayPal account be satisfactory? Also, why exactly do you think you have the right to tell people that they fail at life and should not live?
Bah... I'm not arguing with you. My parents taught me it was rude to have a battle of wits with a clearly unarmed opponent.
Well I am not sure where you live but in the great country of the United States we have the right of free speech (part of the first amendment, right before the right to bear arms...). That in turn DOES give me the right to say whatever I want, and considering I am likely far more intelligent than you (noting that my statement was made largely for those who do NOT pay for the game, and not the paid players...) I would invite you to engage in a battle of wits with me at anytime. You may think I am unarmed all you wish... all the fools do .
As someone already posted, a working solution is to use mobile tethering and your phone's 3G connection if you can. Once you get past the launcher you can enter the game, then switch back to your previous connection and play. Worked for me .
If you think I'm going to run right out and buy an iphone so I can long into this game you are out of your $#TRIBBLE! mind.
Since my computer is connect with wire only lan I can't use my phone for a internet connection so all the advise to do so does not work for me. I need a suggestion that does not require my cell phone.
correction, this has everything to do with cryptic, they pay cogent to route the game through certain areas.. cryptic constantly tells us cogent is at the route of most of the problems with connection issues, they have been saying it for years.. so it is their problem that they have not fixed the problem (either by making a new arrangement with cogent, or going with another provider)..
It takes a little more effort to switch providers at a business end than at your home. You can't just shop online for those available in your neighborhood and switch with a phone call. Cogent may give them the most cost effective solution they can work with that this time. We are not privy to their financial information so could never venture a guess. Bandwidth is far more expensive then people realize.
Since things are working just fine on Cryptics end and other users can connect, the issue is obviously cogent. Of course Cryptic is the party responsible for communicating and assisting with cogent to restore access to their servers for those who currently are unable to, but that doesn't mean it's their fault for things still being offline.
In any case, I've had bad dealings with cogent and can sympathize with your point that they should switch (if they hit a point where they are capable of doing so). The website I work on switched to Amazon's web services and haven't looked back. Maybe it's something they are currently looking into (or should).
but it is not where the problem is at he said , it is a sto problem and he said it was a isp issue
Yeah, each game gets patched from it's supplier, NOT from steam... So it's NOT steam based. Hence you can patch away for anything else that DOESN'T use the same network (i.e. PWE's network).
Well I am not sure where you live but in the great country of the United States we have the right of free speech (part of the first amendment, right before the right to bear arms...). That in turn DOES give me the right to say whatever I want, and considering I am likely far more intelligent than you (noting that my statement was made largely for those who do NOT pay for the game, and not the paid players...) I would invite you to engage in a battle of wits with me at anytime. You may think I am unarmed all you wish... all the fools do .
As I'm British, I don't need a document telling me what I can say. But, by your standards, I can tell you to shut up.
Arrogance. Truly inspiring. I'm sure you're single, since no woman would possibly want you. (And thanks to the First Amendment of YOUR Constitution, I can say that).
You said your statement was made largely for those who do NOT pay for the game. Really? How were people supposed to know that? Oh, yes. Telepathy. Because your mind is like those books for children. Three pages long and chewable.
Don't you just love the right to free speech?
Comments
ISP: Vodafone DE
Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7601]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
E:\User>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms
2 14 ms 14 ms 13 ms
3 17 ms 14 ms 14 ms
4 16 ms 14 ms 15 ms
5 31 ms 22 ms 24 ms
6 19 ms 20 ms 19 ms xe-0-2-3-xcr1.amt.cw.net [208.173.212.1]
7 19 ms 19 ms 19 ms te1-4.ccr01.ams05.atlas.cogentco.com [130.117.14
.161]
8 23 ms 24 ms 24 ms te0-3-0-3.mpd22.ams03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.36.214]
9 33 ms 33 ms 33 ms te0-5-0-0.ccr22.lpl01.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
7.49.65]
10 103 ms 103 ms 102 ms te0-5-0-3.ccr22.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.44.189]
11 138 ms 225 ms 114 ms te3-2.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.46.
130]
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
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Trace complete.
Tracert:
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms Router.Home [***.***.*.*]
2 43 ms 43 ms 44 ms cr1.lwwdra.uk.easynet.net [87.87.251.4]
3 * * * Request timed out.
4 76 ms 47 ms 47 ms ip-84-38-37-50.easynet.co.uk [84.38.37.50]
5 53 ms 55 ms 79 ms ip-89-200-131-226.ov.easynet.net [89.200.131.226
]
6 43 ms 43 ms 44 ms ae-3.r02.londen03.uk.bb.gin.ntt.net [83.231.221.
45]
7 42 ms 43 ms 44 ms te2-4.mag01.lon02.atlas.cogentco.com [130.117.14
.173]
8 43 ms 43 ms 44 ms te0-0-0-2.ccr21.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
7.1.157]
9 57 ms 47 ms 48 ms te0-0-0-2.ccr21.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
7.1.157]
10 117 ms 134 ms 45 ms te0-3-0-5.ccr21.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
7.0.118]
11 116 ms 155 ms 116 ms te3-4.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.46.
134]
12 117 ms 281 ms 139 ms 38.111.40.114
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
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30 * * * Request timed out.
Trace complete.
Nettest:
contacting nettest server..
Local IP: **.***.*.**
Ping: 120.0 msec
Port: 80: 449 KB/sec 35 KB/sec 483 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 419 KB/sec 34 KB/sec 448 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 293 KB/sec 33 KB/sec 317 KB/sec 500
Port: 443: 446 KB/sec 31 KB/sec 479 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 447 KB/sec 37 KB/sec 481 KB/sec 500
Port: 7255: 437 KB/sec 30 KB/sec 466 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 445 KB/sec 32 KB/sec 477 KB/sec 500
Port: 7003: 446 KB/sec 37 KB/sec 476 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 254 KB/sec 32 KB/sec 274 KB/sec 500
Port: 7202: 433 KB/sec 41 KB/sec 464 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 435 KB/sec 43 KB/sec 467 KB/sec 500
Port: 7499: 282 KB/sec 27 KB/sec 307 KB/sec 500
Port: 80: 430 KB/sec 32 KB/sec 460 KB/sec 500
Idle NIC bandwidth Send: 5 KB/sec Recv: 7 KB/sec
hit return to exit
I have uninstalled and re-installed with no joy, tried a few other suggestions again with no joy.
Hope this gets sorted soon otherwise my next option is to talk to the wife xD
Crack on Cryptic/STO!
PS thanks for all the new developments in season 7
tracert launcher.startrekonline.com
Tracing route to launcher.startrekonline.com [208.95.185.44]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 3 ms 1 ms 5 ms BTHomeHub.home [192.168.1.254]
2 30 ms * 31 ms esr5.birmingham5.broadband.bt.net [217.32.86.144
]
3 29 ms 31 ms 56 ms 217.32.86.125
4 * * * Request timed out.
5 35 ms 30 ms 31 ms 31.55.164.77
6 77 ms 30 ms 31 ms 31.55.164.107
7 32 ms 32 ms 34 ms acc1-10GigE-0-7-0-6.bm.21cn-ipp.bt.net [109.159.
248.86]
8 45 ms 38 ms 39 ms core1-te0-3-0-15.ealing.ukcore.bt.net [109.159.2
48.28]
9 35 ms 39 ms 35 ms transit1-pos1-0-0.telehouse.ukcore.bt.net [62.6.
201.82]
10 37 ms 40 ms 36 ms 166-49-211-157.eu.bt.net [166.49.211.157]
11 36 ms 36 ms 44 ms t2a1-ge4-0-0.uk-lon1.eu.bt.net [166.49.135.17]
12 38 ms 37 ms 37 ms te0-7-0-3.ccr21.lon01.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
7.14.49]
13 37 ms 41 ms 35 ms te0-5-0-6.mpd21.lon13.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.74.50]
14 188 ms 204 ms 202 ms te0-7-0-27.ccr21.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.5
4.1.93]
15 177 ms 203 ms 241 ms te3-4.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.46.
134]
16 * 134 ms * 38.111.40.114
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * * Request timed out.
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29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.
Trace complete.
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.
C:\Documents and Settings\NASYROSITY>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [**********]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 32 ms 25 ms 29 ms cpe-72-181-224-1.tx.res.rr.com [72.181.224.1]
2 10 ms 12 ms 12 ms tge7-2.dllatx36-er02.texas.rr.com [70.125.219.57
]
3 23 ms 23 ms 23 ms tge0-8-0-7.dllatx34-tr02.texas.rr.com [24.175.38
.96]
4 42 ms 23 ms 24 ms agg23.dllatx10-cr02.texas.rr.com [24.175.36.232]
5 21 ms 39 ms 55 ms agg21.hstntxl3-cr01.texas.rr.com [24.175.49.8]
6 45 ms 24 ms 23 ms ae-4-0.cr0.hou30.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.54]
7 26 ms 24 ms 23 ms ae-0-0.cr0.dfw10.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.39]
8 17 ms 19 ms 40 ms 107.14.17.232
9 18 ms 18 ms 18 ms te0-7-0-15.ccr21.dfw03.atlas.cogentco.com [154.5
4.11.49]
10 19 ms 18 ms 18 ms te0-1-0-3.ccr21.dfw01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.7.37]
11 29 ms 32 ms 28 ms te0-3-0-6.ccr21.mci01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.46.201]
12 63 ms 50 ms 86 ms te0-2-0-3.ccr21.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.7.186]
13 68 ms 67 ms 69 ms te0-3-0-6.ccr22.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.43.198]
14 68 ms 71 ms 68 ms te4-2.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.25
4]
15 * 105 ms * 38.111.40.114
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
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20 * * * Request timed out.
21 * * * Request timed out.
22 * * * Request timed out.
23 * * 74 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
was playing fine last night today keeps saying trying to connect to launcher
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Windows\system32>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 11 ms 8 ms 5 ms 10.28.48.1
2 12 ms 12 ms 11 ms 173-219-244-82-link.sta.suddenlink.net [173.219.
244.82]
3 34 ms 36 ms 36 ms cdm-**-**-**-*.lfkn.suddenlink.net [**.**.**.*]
4 33 ms 33 ms 41 ms 66-76-232-37.tyrd.suddenlink.net [66.76.232.37]
5 85 ms 248 ms 253 ms 64.211.195.189
6 32 ms 32 ms 32 ms cogent-1.ar3.CHI2.gblx.net [64.212.107.74]
7 32 ms 31 ms 33 ms te0-4-0-1.ccr21.ord01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.25.65]
8 64 ms 63 ms 63 ms te0-2-0-2.ccr22.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.43.194]
9 62 ms 63 ms 64 ms te4-2.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.25
4]
10 * * * Request timed out.
11 * * * Request timed out.
12 * * * Request timed out.
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * 72 ms 208.95.185.41
Trace complete.
I'm with Virgin Media too and I'm having exactly the same problem.
"It may be the warriors who get the glory but it's the engineers who build societies." - Lieutenant B'Elanna Torres, USS Voyager
if this is the case then why can i update any steam game i have and patch at 2.5MB/S ? , sto is the only game i have problems with launching :rolleyes:
DELTA PRICE RISING
Yeah, mine too. And I'm terrified. I need to get back in the black and blow something up.
Because the patching mechanism is NOT steam based.
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
C:\Users\David>tracert patchserver.crypticstudios.com
Tracing route to patchserver.crypticstudios.com [208.95.185.41]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 12 ms 14 ms 14 ms 10.188.16.1
2 21 ms 12 ms 14 ms manc-core-2a-ae3-2342.network.virginmedia.net [8
2.8.208.149]
3 20 ms 13 ms 13 ms manc-bb-1a-ae12-0.network.virginmedia.net [82.15
.206.245]
4 82 ms 26 ms 97 ms manc-bb-1b-ae0-0.network.virginmedia.net [62.253
.187.178]
5 28 ms 20 ms 20 ms popl-bb-1a-as4-0.network.virginmedia.net [212.43
.162.85]
6 29 ms 22 ms 20 ms popl-tmr-1-ae4-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.10
5.159.2]
7 28 ms 27 ms 27 ms amst-ic-1-as0-0.network.virginmedia.net [213.105
.175.6]
8 29 ms 27 ms 28 ms te0-7-0-10.ccr21.ams04.atlas.cogentco.com [130.1
17.15.5]
9 37 ms 30 ms 28 ms te0-0-0-7.mpd21.ams03.atlas.cogentco.com [130.11
7.2.61]
10 35 ms 33 ms 33 ms te0-0-0-2.ccr21.lpl01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.37.70]
11 104 ms 36 ms 97 ms te0-7-0-9.ccr21.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.85.209]
12 98 ms 103 ms 100 ms te4-4.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [66.28.4.42
]
13 261 ms * 106 ms 38.111.40.114
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
19 * * * Request timed out.
20 * * * Request timed out.
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24 * * * Request timed out.
25 * * * Request timed out.
26 * * * Request timed out.
27 * * * Request timed out.
28 * * * Request timed out.
29 * * * Request timed out.
30 * * * Request timed out.
Trace complete.
not an option for me seeing as my mobile is an old brick
DELTA PRICE RISING
Tracing route to launcher.startrekonline.com [208.95.185.44]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 <1 ms <1 ms <1 ms WARPCORE [192.168.1.1]
2 57 ms 53 ms 115 ms cable-mac1.ptfdmagb-ar4002.nyroc.rr.com [67.248.
32.1]
3 13 ms 11 ms 13 ms gig8-1.ptfdmagb-rtr001.alb.northeast.rr.com [24.
29.44.89]
4 14 ms 14 ms 15 ms rdc-74-76-242-224.alb.northeast.rr.com [74.76.24
2.224]
5 29 ms 29 ms 30 ms rdc-74-76-241-193.alb.northeast.rr.com [74.76.24
1.193]
6 28 ms 38 ms 30 ms ae-5-0.cr0.nyc30.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.74]
7 * 34 ms 39 ms ae-0-0.pr0.nyc20.tbone.rr.com [66.109.6.157]
8 24 ms 23 ms 23 ms te0-1-0-5.ccr21.jfk05.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.13.81]
9 22 ms 23 ms 28 ms te0-0-0-4.mpd22.jfk02.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.6.49]
10 29 ms 30 ms 30 ms te0-5-0-7.ccr21.bos01.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54
.47.237]
11 32 ms 29 ms 29 ms te3-4.ccr01.bos06.atlas.cogentco.com [154.54.46.
134]
12 * * 50 ms 38.111.40.114
13 * * * Request timed out.
14 * * * Request timed out.
15 * * * Request timed out.
16 * * * Request timed out.
17 * * * Request timed out.
18 * * * Request timed out.
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30 * * * Request timed out.
Trace complete.
aye, whatever is doing traffic-shaping has fallen over
Well I am not sure where you live but in the great country of the United States we have the right of free speech (part of the first amendment, right before the right to bear arms...). That in turn DOES give me the right to say whatever I want, and considering I am likely far more intelligent than you (noting that my statement was made largely for those who do NOT pay for the game, and not the paid players...) I would invite you to engage in a battle of wits with me at anytime. You may think I am unarmed all you wish... all the fools do
If you think I'm going to run right out and buy an iphone so I can long into this game you are out of your $#TRIBBLE! mind.
UK Player
but it is not where the problem is at he said , it is a sto problem and he said it was a isp issue
DELTA PRICE RISING
Location: Dublin, Ireland
ISP: UPC - http://www.upc.ie/
Tracing route to launcher.startrekonline.com [208.95.185.44]
over a maximum of 30 hops:
1 21 ms 19 ms 12 ms 79.97.246.1
2 10 ms 9 ms 9 ms 109.255.255.254
3 7 ms 8 ms 8 ms 84.116.238.42
4 8 ms 9 ms 9 ms 213.46.165.94
5 94 ms 94 ms 95 ms xe-1-2-0.bos11.ip4.tinet.net [89.149.183.13]
6 96 ms 97 ms 96 ms internap-gw.ip4.tinet.net [77.67.77.54]
7 280 ms 95 ms 95 ms border11.te8-1-bbnet2.bsn.pnap.net [63.251.128.1
04]
8 103 ms 106 ms 93 ms perfectworldent-4.border11.bsn.pnap.net [216.52.
61.78]
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It takes a little more effort to switch providers at a business end than at your home. You can't just shop online for those available in your neighborhood and switch with a phone call. Cogent may give them the most cost effective solution they can work with that this time. We are not privy to their financial information so could never venture a guess. Bandwidth is far more expensive then people realize.
Since things are working just fine on Cryptics end and other users can connect, the issue is obviously cogent. Of course Cryptic is the party responsible for communicating and assisting with cogent to restore access to their servers for those who currently are unable to, but that doesn't mean it's their fault for things still being offline.
In any case, I've had bad dealings with cogent and can sympathize with your point that they should switch (if they hit a point where they are capable of doing so). The website I work on switched to Amazon's web services and haven't looked back. Maybe it's something they are currently looking into (or should).
Yeah, each game gets patched from it's supplier, NOT from steam... So it's NOT steam based. Hence you can patch away for anything else that DOESN'T use the same network (i.e. PWE's network).
As I'm British, I don't need a document telling me what I can say. But, by your standards, I can tell you to shut up.
Arrogance. Truly inspiring. I'm sure you're single, since no woman would possibly want you. (And thanks to the First Amendment of YOUR Constitution, I can say that).
You said your statement was made largely for those who do NOT pay for the game. Really? How were people supposed to know that? Oh, yes. Telepathy. Because your mind is like those books for children. Three pages long and chewable.
Don't you just love the right to free speech?
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