It's official: the Internet connection problems that were causing TPU player disconnections over the past few weeks are now gone. You may still get disconnected from time to time due to server crashes, but the incessant network disconnects are a thing of the past. Shaw Cable replaced everything from the pole to the modem.

Meanwhile, I took advantage of a promotion and upgraded my Internet service from 'High Speed' (8 Mbps download; 512 Kbps upload) to 'Extreme' (15 Mbps download; 1024 Kbps upload). This increases the theoretical limit on TPU players from seven to fourteen. Some of you may have noticed that over seven or eight players, TPU would start to lag. Hopefully the point at which severe lag starts will now be when there are over fourteen players.

As always, let me know if you see any problems. Check out the new status indicator at the top right of the site, and use the link there to report problems.

For the technical-minded: each human BF1942 player uses about 60 Kbps of upload bandwidth. Since the pipe is now 1024 Kbps total upload, that allows for a theoretical maximum players of 1024 / 60 = 14. Obviously this varies in actual use, but it's a good rough guideline.