European Server Upgrade and the ITF

Since the server move and upgrade that was praised and feared by the EU, I have been hearing people telling me about how both Wentworth's and mission map connecting appears to be faster. So my thanks go to those who're involved for this one. It would appear you've done nicely.

Tonight, I have known of two ITFs that have been run; One of which I rode along on personally. Both teams report that Lag Valley has been fixed. No more lag. Smooooth. I assume this is due to the new hardware, as opposed to the reloacation, as the US servers reported that their Lag Valley was also deadly.

This leads me to ask: how much lag do you guys get? What does it affect, and how badly are you affected? I've never known anyone to compare the EU lag valley with the US one, except stating that both trip up. We Europeans are praising the new servers for allowing us to play the ITF smoothly, and some of us were wondering if the US servers could use a similar upgrade, assuming that you're not already on par with the new servers and this isn't some miracle.