Is there any chance of getting a server up in Singapore or anywhere closer to Australia?
Singapore's load time is nearly 40-45% better than US's here, EU is even higher than US.

Here's a result from a node checker from another pool.

EU load time is undefined msec
US load time is 604 msec
CA load time is 607 msec
CN load time is 644 msec
SG load time is 385 msec
BR load time is 989 msec

 

Snoz.