I can sorta vouch for that End, cept my problem is more along the lines of a mostly complete lack of played servers.
Since I'm in australia, there's only a Instagib ctf server (which I'm over), a Onslaught server or 2 (which ain't gonna get you any fragging skills), and a DM and CTF server, but those 2 aren't even in australia, so you can imagine how laggy they are.
2 different problems, but I feel the pain too End.