MW3 - Massive Lag.. Anyone Else?

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After a few days I jump into some MW3 for a bit of online action and the moment I connect to Xbox Live, the game lags like crazy. This is before I even attempt to connect to a server..

The smoke in the background on the MP menu screen chugs and the sound even cuts out in time with the choppyness.

Whenever I tried and connect to a server, I get the following error: Server Rejected Our Connection Request

What gives? Is anyone else having the same problem? Single Player (Campaign & Spec Ops) both work with no probs whatsoever, so I am guessing it's a network issue.


EDIT: I disabled 'Theatre Recording' from the MP options menu and no longer have any stuttering / freezing on the menu screen. Could actually find and connect to a server okay.

The bad news? Gameplay was ridiculously choppy and nigh on unplayable. People were leaving by the droves, which suggests it's not just on my end.

I joined another game which didn't even get past the loading screen and received a server timeout message.

It looks like MW3 is down for the foreseeable future until a solution is patched on. I was wondering how the servers would handle all the none first day adopters jumping online and Elite, etc.. and here's the answer.

A shame because it's quite fun online.