Well folks, I went through my week of hell long ago and these are the results...don't see mt.gox as an option on bitinstant anymore.
I'm guessing they pulled it temporarily to catch up with orders and such.
If BitInstant can't scale up as Bitcoin becomes a world class currency, then they deserve to fail.
Me personally?
I am finally doing what I should have done - I am verifying my MtGox account. Then I can fund directly from Dwolla and won't have to pay 20 per $1000. This is crap!
After waiting in a queue of 8900.... Got verified today

I was expecting a 24 hour wait, but...

And, the total round trip fee was -
wait for it...$0.25Hey, it's just my two cents - well twenty five. There are other ways!!!