or it could be my isp taking advantage of net neutrality getting killed early
This being your ISP's fault is incredibly unlikely. Unless you're having authentication errors or just can't download the game at all, it's not something net neutrality is supposed to protect. They don't meddle with traffic, and giving you a version that runs but doesn't actually start properly would probably take a bit of work and that seems like a really obscure thing for your ISP to care about.