Hey Dev Zoom,  although some may disagree I truly think having Beta 2 islands cut off from alpha is limiting the amount of space the game has to allow corporations to grow.  The main problem is probes.  There's too damn many probes allowed from a corporation to be placed.  10 probes can cover 5 different islands alpha connections.  They are also too cheap!  I feel like 1 million Nic is chump change to provide 100% secure scouting access to do anything in game.  If you increased this to say 5 or 10 million players might be more conservative in placing them directly under a gate.  And since I have to go through those islands to get to gamma or beta2 without inter zoning every time.  I'd like to see the problem with the probes resolved, but I'd like to see beta2s get an alpha connection even if it's to an alpha1 island.