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I'll try the suggestion from @gaff and update as well. Thanks for the tips.

@trafalgarlaw: You did indeed catch my meaning. OK, but if that is ultimately the issue then a VPN would conceivably work? The peering agreements are what is probably causing this, yeah? I feel bad denying team GB a premium subscription because of larger politics at play, who am I even supposed to be mad at in this situation? =\ I'm mad about not having a target for my internet outrage.

As the title suggests, my issue is most likely (but hopefully not?) CDN related. I'm on the east coast in a highly developed area with fiber to home on Verizon FiOS with a 75/75 plan that chews up streams and usenet downloads like nobodies business, and I typically get 85/85 ( http://www.speedtest.net/my-result/4150785086 ). This connection can host dozens of HD netflix streams at once without any stuttering, yet for some perplexing and infuriating reason I am left buffering 20-30 seconds at a clip just to watch 6 or 7 seconds of video here on giantbomb before it stalls out again. It's beyond bearable as a user. It's not just limited to live streams, this even happens when I watch archived Ryan footage or regular old quicklooks. This doesn't happen to me with any other video streaming providers. Hulu, Netflix, Splashtop, Citrix... everything else works flawlessly.

I have been a rabid consumer of the GB video content ever since the podcast led me to the site years ago when Ryan ran the show. I really love the content here and I've had a premium account for a a bunch of months because I finally decided that what the site was giving me was worth SOMETHING, and now I have absolutely no reason to continue doing so. I really really want some way to keep the videos going, and I want to continue my premium membership, but I don't think anyone can blame me for not paying towards a product I can no longer consume.

I'm hoping there is something I can d o to remedy this situation. Are there any suggestions? Is there anything that can be done other than incurring additional costs for a VPN if this really is just a CDN issue?

Specs:

Win 7 SP1 64-bit, all updates installed and current

i7 960 3.2GHz

12GB G.SKILL DDR3 triple channel

256GBx2 Samsung EVO Pro SSD (Boot/Game)

2T/2 Hitachi HDD (archiving)

EVGA GTX 980 4GB

I just pre-ordered the game a few days ago, so I'm not terribly thrilled about this announcement. I feel downright abused by the game industry after the last few major releases... Watchdogs, Farcry 4, Lords of the Fallen, Advanced Warfare, all of them were (and some still are) broken beyond playability on an i7 960 3.2GHz w/ 12gb triple channel 1866 and an evga gtx980 sc, running on raid1 evo pro ssds ( i realize the x58 bottlenecks it, but it's redlined which is all i care about :) ) and there is just NO excuse for that.

This being said, I have absolute faith that CDProjekt will knock this thing out of the park, and they've never done me wrong in the past... so I support their decision in the end. It's infinitely preferable to being made to pay for the privilege of beta testing someone else's defective product.

My thoughts go to his family. Ryan was insightful and hilarious, he will surely be missed. What a shitty turn of events. Live life to the fullest folks.