Patch?

Was trying to get a game today, didn't realize that there was a patch until I saw some people referring to it in multiplayer.  I then went and downloaded it.  I have 2 questions.

1) Why wasn't the patch advertised on the forums?  I looked but didn't see a post.

2) Is this the patch that's supposed to fix all the connection issues?  After patching the game up, I didn't notice a difference at all.  Still takes forever to get a game, people still drop their connections like flies as soon as a game starts, etc.