Yeah, I know it's sad to...
A) Be up at this time of night (I've an early check in).
B) To have a thread nearly all to yourself.
But... I had to know if it's going faster when the USA is in bed and it is! About the speed I would have expected with a fast connection. Of course this doesn't help much to know whether the problem is a crap BT connection across the pond or just load on the server when the entire population of the USA is online. Just one of life's mysteries, I guess.