I have Cable internet. The download today was running from 100 to 150kbps. But it was 137mb, then install, then another 80mb, then install... Anyway, like I said I don't spend huge amounts of time with this game, just casually once a week or less. So I don't normally go to the forums and check when the latest patch will be out and stuff like that. For all the money they invested in this software, servers etc. You'd think automatic updating is something worth doing. However, maybe they purposefully didn't do that so that every copy of the software out in the ether doesn't try to update simultaneously. Gotta have something to gripe about!

How does the notification come? E-mail? Why not have an update feature like so many other pieces of software have?

I am curious. Am I going to have to wait for over an hour to play this game forever? The last 2 times I have gotten around to playing I have had to leave it for over an hour to download and install huge patches! Can't this be done with scheduled updates that can happen at like 4am on a Wednesday? I only get around to playing if am not busy with something else, waiting around for updates is not very entertaining. Just sayin!