There has been extensive testing and we already have robust error detection and correction, you would know this if you read our recent blog post which covers some of these concerns you mentioned
http://www.blog.emunie.com/Let's say a state actor or rogue ISP decides to shape traffic to fragment the network for an extended period of time. I remember Dan talking about some arbitrary time limit built into the system that was rather short to cover network latency that was not covered by this. If the network becomes fragmented into several different pieces this way, let's say three similar sized groups, what was the reference point governing the "longest chain" so to speak? Is it the group with the highest reputation? And is that reputation derived from averaging the entire group, or can you have just one guy with extremely high reputation making it a consensus of only...one person.
Fork consensus was not discussed enough at all when it's probably the most important part of any platform. Dan kind of brushed it off like forks aren't going to be a problem when they definitely can be, especially with ISP traffic shaping and port blocking out the wazoo nowadays.
Comcast Doesn't Give A F*ckhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KMcny_pixDwPretty sure you already read this. Wait for technical paper if you want more detail. Let's not go in circles.