Well they will lose more money due to routing internationally and clients canceling accounts.
Reply from Rob a game server admin at WebAfrica:
Any way to have a full blown list, that gets updated, with regards to what ISP's are peering / will result in playable Black Ops?
That way people know where they stand and which ISP's they should or shouldn't use to play the game?
At the moment, as far as I know:
MWEB : YES
WebAfrica : YES
Telkom : NO
Vodacom / MTN : NO
I'd like to know how bad the pings will be if your ISP is say Vodacom (mine actually) and you connect to these MWEB servers?
Theoretically around 500-700ms, double your normal international latency. Your ISP -> London -> Mweb -> London -> Your ISP would be the route.
This is correct. Spoke to MWEB CEO Rudi Jansen, and he confirmed that Vodacom, MTN and Telkom users will connect to the Black Ops servers via London.
It has been confirmed, WA are peering with MWeb and those wishing to play Black Ops, would have the benefit of lower pings. With regards to Freezone usage, I am unsure.
Neo, surely this answers any questions?