Is anyone aware of a news update on this?
Here is the forum for rental servers for BF1:
Not really the the same questions, but @Braddock512 has promised that answers for rental servers will be posted on that link. People can add questions they need answered for renting servers.
So anyone who is interested can go post a +1 on this forum (Battlefield Forum):
https://forums.battlefield.com/en-us/discussion/49950/africa-servers#latest
Its like an unofficial petition. If you want to, please comment on there as well so that we can at least show interest from SA's side for server hosting here.
I have processed my refund. If EA is not going to give us local servers or even answer us on the damn Answer HQ forums, then I am not going to support them.
Check the post here:
http://answers.ea.com/t5/Game-Information/Battlefield-1-refund-processed/m-p/5669848#M1138
