Boring businessmen in boring suits met in a room recently to shake hands and sign papers - the result of which being a deal between Limelight Networks and Microsoft to improve the quality of Xbox Live:

Content delivery network provider Limelight Networks announced a new multi-year agreement with Microsoft whereby Limelight will work to "help improve the reliability" to Microsoft's online services, such as Xbox Live.

In addition to working to improve the "performance, scalability, and reliability" of Microsoft's online presence, the two companies have also agreed to cross-license their technologies, as well as consider future joint development projects, and cooperate on extending and improving their respective technology infrastructures.

Now maybe you'll be able to download new demos at a decent speed the day they come out instead of the following week. But always remember, it could be worse - it could be the playstation network. (Zing!)

via Gamasutra