The problems it has been facing currently are so severe for such a mature coin that it is not worth of using anymore. It is ridiculous how long it takes even to get 1 confirmation. Today it took almost 8 hours with me despite I used relatively high fee - 0.005 BTC.
Hmm. Mine went through in 2mins. Are you sending from bitcoin-qt?
I've only ever done one transaction through my iphone blockchain app, (actually purchasing goods, I mean) and that transaction didn't take 2 minutes...it didn't take 1 minute. It was instant, just like a credit card. Maybe I got lucky?