I agree. if EA and DICE won't fix it, they should AT *LEAST* refund 100% of the money they received from us for our purchase of the game.
By the way, I have some extra info here, for DICE, Electronic Arts, the forum-users here, and anyone else who wants to read this:
To all Electronic-Arts and DICE employees, supervisors, managers, Technical-Support, engineers, programmers, etc. etc. etc.:
I have tried the previously-mentioned suggestion, and have also tried each and every single one of the other suggestions mentioned in this "Answer HQ" about this exact same issue (there are several forum-posts about this same thing happening with Battlefield-4 software version 1.15). And yes I've tried using a wired connection, changing my DNS-address numbers, connecting the PS3 somewhere else (ie. the "use a different Internet provider and see if that'll help" suggestion), "rebuilding my PS3 file-system", "rebuilding my database", etc. And any combination of all of the suggestions (including the ones that I mentioned just now). None of the options worked. :-( . Please help :-(
I live in Panama City, Republic of Panama. (I'm a U.S. citizen born & currently-living abroad (I'm an Air-Force brat, by the way)).
Internet Service Provider is "Cable & Wireless".
PS3-model is CECHE01
I am using a "physical disc" version of the game. (a PS3 "Battlefield 4" game-disc).
A friend of mine who still lives at my old house in Orlando Florida (he has AT&T U-Verse) also has a "CECHE01"-model PS3 and a PS3-game-disc of Battlefield 4 and he has the exact same issue I have.