Cross country connections

[ZombifiedRacoon]

Why is it that no matter what game type I play, I play with kids from Mexico? The connections are so bad even on servers that they either just hop and skip around the map or I will get nothing but that stupid shield noise. (the same noise when you try to kill someone from too far away in execution) which I've noticed equates to the gun firing on your screen but nothing happening on anyone else's. I live as far as I possibly could away from Mexico without leaving the United States Latitude-wise.

[ZombifiedRacoon]

Seriously? Nobody knows why? It's REALLY annoying.

[ExecutionWTF]

It's Gears of war. Don't expect to much! :/

[NFI]

You use the west coast servers. So does mexico. They connect to you not vice versa. You are not connecting cross country. You share data centers as no servers are in Mexico.