Final Stess Test Download

[Thecla]

Thecla, it's the "final" stress test, not an "open" stress test.  Open beta will be starting in roughly a week.  FilePlanet is providing a service, and they have a right to attempt to get some compensation for providing that service (and providing that much bandwidth and access to data is very expensive).  If you as a consumer decide that they are charging too much or that their service is too bad, then you have the right not to purchase the service and instead wait a week to play a free game.
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Final shminal.

Of course I can choose what I want to do, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. As I said, FilePlanet has every right to get compensation for providing a faster download (relative, say, to Bliz's BitTorrent distribution) of the huge WoW client to those who choose to subscribe, and they have no absolutely no obligation to provide me with any free bandwidth. What I don't like is the exclusive nature of the arrangement between Bliz and FilePlanet. But I guess game beta's are mostly about marketing anyway.