Motherboard & VICE Are Building a Community Internet Network

Image: Lara Heintz The net neutrality battle has been exhausting. It has come at enormous cost in time, energy, attention, and money. Fundamentally, the net neutrality fight is one where the best possible outcome is preserving the status quo: an internet landscape and connection infrastructure that is dominated by big telecom monopolies.

Betting Against Net Neutrality, Companies Offer Gamers a Paid Solution to Lag

Image: Overwatch screenshot If you’ve been playing games online for years, you’ve probably experienced the unique pain of high latency before. You’re in the middle of an Overwatch match, about to resurrect your team as Mercy and save the day. But then your lag spikes and the opposing team starts rubber-banding across your screen.